Volume: CBÉ 0221
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“There was a man once who had a great farm of land..”
There was a man once who had
a great farm of land, and he had
a lot of money also. There was
a man working with him for
over thirty years, and this man's
name was Mike Nolan. His
employer's name was Tom Walsh
Mike Nolan was in Tom Walsh's
employment from the time that
he left off going to school. He
was a very good workman and knew
all the ins and outs of the place.
Tom Walsh often went away on
his holidays and remained away
for a couple of weeks, but when
he would come back all the work
would be done just the same as
if he was there himself. Mike
Nolan took as much interest in
the place as if it really belonged
to himself. They lived away
together for almost thirty years
and Mike Nolan hadn't such good
pay at all, although the man whom(continues on next page)