School: Gowna
- Location:
- Scrabby, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Hugh Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 114
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“The Helpless babe. The little runner.”
Pat Leddy (80)
Drumdore, Loughduff.
gave me the ages of man:-
I The Helpless babe
II The little runner
III The Gosoon
IV The Patch in the crib
V The man from 20 to 30 yrs of age
VI The Ass age - that is from thirty to 60 when a man has to work like an ass to support his family.
VIII The dog age - that is from 70 years to eighty years when a man all pains sits in the corner like a prowling dog.
VIII The Ape age - a man from he is eighty years of age in when he likes on the complexion of an ape.
- Informant
- Pat Leddy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Drumhawnagh, Co. Cavan