School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair (roll number 10835)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Na Mná Rialta
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 025
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- One day some children found in a ravine a thing shaped like a grain of corn with a groove down the middle but as large as a hen's egg. A traveller passing by saw the thing, bought it from the children for a penny, and taking it to town sold it to the King as a curiosity. The King called together his wise men and told them to find out what the thing was. The wise men pondered and pondered and could not make head or tail of it till one day when the thing was lying on a window sill a hen flew in and pecked it until she made a hole in it and then every one saw that it was a grain of corn. The wise men went to the King and said "it is a grain of corn." At this the King was much surprised and he ordered the learned men to find out when and where such corn had grown. The learned men pondered again, and searched in their books but could find nothing about it. So they returned to the King and said, "we can give you no answer. There is nothing in about it in our books.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Kieran Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardra, Co. Kilkenny
