School: Síolach (roll number 12266)
- Location:
- Sheelagh, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ó Gnímh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0663, Page 129
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- Once upon a time there lived a grandfather and a little boy and they were very poor. The old man was a cobbler and it was snowing and it was at Christmas. The old man sat beside the the window fixing the shoes.
The little boy was very lonely and he said to himself that he would play shop and he got a little basket and put boxes into it and he stood at the window looking at the snow flakes. When the old man had the shoes fixed he said to the little boy would(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Rose Gogarty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 84
- Address
- Ballybinaby, Co. Louth
