School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)
- Location:
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Ester Jackson
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- Once upon a time two men were arguing about which of thier farms was the best.
One man said if there was a bulacain (a weed with a yellow flower.) growing in his field, and it about three inches high it would be an ash tree that time next morning.
The other man replied, 'If you put a darning needle in my field, it would be a crow bar that time next morning,
- Collector
- Susie Johnston
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tooreen, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Pat Barron
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Merchant
- Address
- Mealclye, Co. Tipperary
- There was a man one time and other fellows had something in for him. So they planned what they would do with him. They brought him into a house, and left him there for a time, While they were out he saw an iron on a shelf and he put it into his pocket.
They fetched in a big barrel and put him into it. Then they put on(continues on next page)
