School: Scádán
- Location:
- Scardaun, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: F. J. Walls
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- One day a gentleman was out hunting and he did not come home until it was very late. Mary the cook had a goose for dinner. During the evening she got very hungry and so she took a leg off the goose and ate it.
When the gentleman came home he was so hungry that he gave the horse to his servant boy to put him up. He came in very quickly and told Mary to serve the dinner at once because he was terribly hungry. Mary served up the dinner, but she took great care to serve the good side up. The gentleman was so hungry that he did not mind any thing but ate away. During the dinner he remarked that the goose had only one leg but he did not say anything until he had his dinner finished. Then when he had eaten he said "Mary I noticed that the goose you had for dinner today had only one leg." "O is that so?" said Mary. "But sure I often saw many of the geese out in the field with only one leg. "O yes but come out until I shoe you something" said the Gentleman. So Mary and her master went out into the field and there they found some of the geese standing on one leg. Then the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Próinséas Ní Duibhghealalch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tromaun, Co. Roscommon
