School: Tiobraid Árann (B.) (roll number 1285)
- Location:
- Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 008
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“There is an old dis-used road leading over the Slieve-Muc mountains...”
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- Paddy Cunningham
- Gender
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- Mrs Cunningham
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- Ballynilard, Co. Tipperary
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“Long ago there lived an old miser in the village of Lattin...”
Long ago there lived an old miser in the village of Lattin who had big barns filled with gold and every night he used to stay up counting it. He often turned away a poor person from his door and on account of this the people put a curse on him. This night as usual he was counting the gold when all of a sudden a gush of wind shook the whole barn and a crow swooped from from the rafters and took the bar of gold out of his hand. The same thing continued until the miser(continues on next page)