School: Doirín Árd, Béal Átha an Dá Chab (roll number 15969)
- Location:
- Cappagh More, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Dubhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 003
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- (continued from previous page)jump up on the school.
One of his legs went down through the roof.
The master saw the long bare leg hanging down in the room; but while the master looked for the stick the leg had disappeared, and a howl of laughter was heard outside when he jumped off the school. I heard this story from my father. My own name is Peggy Duggan, Derrinard, N, S, Ballydehob, Co, Cork. October 29 1937
- Once there lived a poor little man in a small bothan by the hillside. Later on he got rich by some means or other and he bought a big house in a certain town. A few years after, this rich man died, and he left all his possessions to his son.
One day this youth was met by an old man who(continues on next page) - Collector
- Pat Joe Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybane West, Co. Cork
