School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Conchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)for a long time and if you had to ask him for it a great number of times you could say to him -
"I don't care if you keep it now till May Day"
This is what an old cow once said on the 31st of March, - "March is over, so I don't care," but March borrowed a few bad days from April which the old cow could not put up with, so they killed her.
Another old cow said on the 1st of May "Gairbhín an gCuach is nearly gone so I don't care" and she lifted her tail with joy.
- Travelling people still call to my house periodically, these are divided into two sections, which are firstly tinkers who travel around in bands, with their families, these either travel in caravans or in cars, and secondly the beggars.
These beggars are in reality very poor, but the tinkers let(continues on next page) - Collector
- Pádraig Ó Cruadhlaoich
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