School: St. Vincent de Paul, Drogheda (roll number 851)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. Magdalen
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0679, Page 199
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- Once upon a time there was a man called 'Collier the Robber'. He was a well known highwayman and held up stage-coaches and robbed the people. Nevertheless he was very generous to poor people. One day in his travels he was passing a house and he saw a woman sitting on the door step crying. He went up to her and said "why are you crying my good woman". She said that she was going to be put out if she could not pay the rent. She had no money and she expected the landlord to come(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Quillan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Trinity Gardens, Co. Louth
