School: Ráithín, Mainistir Laoighse (roll number 16667)
- Location:
- Ráithín Chuileannáin, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: C. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0832, Page 194
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- Once upon a time there was a very poor man and he was very ambitious and always longing to be rich but he was never able to get work. The only money he could earn was by burying the dead. On this occasion a servant of a rich man was dead and he sent for the poor man to bury him promising him a small sum of money. The poor man was delighted and he said to himself that he would play a trick on the rich man in order to get more more money. Late that night the poor man set out to uncover the grave and take the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Lalor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ring, Co. Laoise
- Informant
- James Hynes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluas Coileáin, Co. Laoise
