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School: Gráig (2) (roll number 3402)

Location:
Graigueadrisly, Co. Laois
Teacher:
M. Ní Laighean
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0829, Page 068

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    One time a man named Shaun Handy dreamt that of he went to the bridge of Waterford he would find his fortune, He was four or five days in Waterford and every time he crossed the bridge he had to pay a halfpenny. There was a shoemaker working beside the bridge and he called Shaun to him and asked him what he doing walking so many days over the bridge. He told to cobbler that his business there was to find his fortune and the shoemaker told him he was a foolish man. He asked him where was he from Shaun said he was from a place by the name of Ballycuddy in the Parish of Johnstown. The shoe maker passed a remark to him that he would find his fortune in a place called Ballycuddy Johnstown. The shoemaker
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martha Dalton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Graigueadrisly, Co. Laois
    Informant
    David Dalton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Graigueadrisly, Co. Laois