School: Creathlach, Mainistir na Féile (roll number 16371)
- Location:
- Crataloe West, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0485, Page 074
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- Once upon a time there lived near each other two brothers one very poor and the other very rich and the poor man worked for the rich man. How the poor man wanted his son to learn a trade so the rich man said "let him". "Be a robber" "All right" said the poor man, "I will make one of him". That evening when he went home he told the story to his son. "That is easily done" said the son. Off he went but he came home after a few weeks. Then the poor man went to the rich man's house and said, "My son is home and he cannot have his trade learned" The he was going home that evening his rich brother advised him, "Tell your son he must carry a horse out of his stable with a jock on his back and two guards at the door"
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- Collector
- Ciaran Ahern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cool East, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Denis Ahern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
