School: Gort an Ghainimh (roll number 16127)
- Location:
- Gortaganny, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Cobhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 401
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- (continued from previous page)flower after flower and got very cross, but it was no use. He could neither pick a flower or catch a bird. So he went out of the garden very vexed to its owner, and as he walked through the gate he heard a voice say, what can you do or say to the owner. The things are his not yours. Are you contented? A contended person wants nothing further.
Shortly after this an old couple came along the road, ragged and poor which lined faces and worn hands. They saw the beautiful garden and they went in, and the man that was in it before stayed outside to see what luck they would have. The old couple had tried to gain things all their lives and all they wanted now was peace and happiness. They sat down beneath the trees watching the peacock and pigeons moving along. The old couple watched them and the birds let them(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Waldron
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs John Waldron
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Errit, Co. Roscommon
