School: Cnoc an Doire (B.) (roll number 2418)
- Location:
- Cnoc an Doire, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Seaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 087
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- Once a little boy had a habit of throwing stones. One day he was throwing a stone at a bird and he met a priest and the priest said, "Don't you know that God is watching you throwing stones." "Was he watching me Sunday" said the boy "when I was pegging our own black hen out of the back-yard?" "Of course he was" said the priest. "Ah there you're caught" said the boy, "we have no black hen.
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- Collector
- Michael Fell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Fearann Fuar, Co. Chiarraí
- Informant
- Paddy Brosnan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Fearann Fuar, Co. Chiarraí
