School: Lecks
- Location:
- Lecks, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ní Dhiarmuida
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1013, Page 149
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- (continued from previous page)a man sowing oats in a field on the side of the road.
''That the may never come up says I''
''That the may never come up say'' He and with that he aimed a stone at me and got me one on the forehead with it and he came a stone running down to me and he kicked and he beat me till there wasn't a lone in my body.
''Wellsays I when I came to and what ought I to say'' says I. As Many as there's down this year says he that there may be twice as many down next year.
''As many as there's down this year''says I that there's down this year '' says I that their may be twice as many down next year. So I went on and one without seeing anything remarkable till it was getting late in the evening. And coming round a bend on the road didn't I meet a funeral. So I went to the man I saw walking behind the hearse and says I
''As many as there's down this year may there be twice as many down next year''.
