School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)
- Location:
- Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 15_010
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“The used have April fool long ago.”
They used have April fool long ago. I know one man that had all his potatoes sown and was begining to dig his soill. His neighbour had not the potatoes near sown and he did not like the other farmer to have his work done before him. He began to think how he might put him on a journey so that he would catch up to him. The man that was beginning to dig his soil was a barger. The other man walked across to him and told him that by what he heard some of the people was very clever. That a man had gone out to Gállway to the landlord to take the barging off you. The barger believed it and struck out for Gállway.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Duffy
- Gender
- Male