School: Annaglogh (roll number 7558)
- Location:
- Aghnaglogh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 104
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - About sixty years ago, a man had a lone bush growing in the middle of his. When cultivating the field, this lone bush was very much in his way, so he determined to have it removed. Now this was a very difficult job, as it was surrounded by stones, briars and all sorts of rubbish.
However, one morning he set to work, with his pick, shovel, and axe. It took him until dinner time clearing the rubbish away. He went into his dinner and it happened that one of his cows was about to calve. After the cow had calved it came on a very wet evening and he did not get back to work that day.
On going to his work the next morning, he was very much surprised, to see the place as if it had never been touched. The stones were back in their usual position and the briars were as if they had never been touched. The strangest thing of all was that his weapons had all disappeared. He went home and determined to(continues on next page)
