School: Ceathrú Stialláin (Carrowsteelawn) (roll number 12555)
- Location:
- Carrowsteelaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Giollagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 275
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- (continued from previous page)One pair of good soles is worth two pairs of uppers The milestone is better of being picked but not broken.
Written by Henry Hill, farmhill, Claremorris.
Collected from Mrs Hill, 61 years, farmhill, Claremorris
- Seán was by trade a shoemaker. It must be said that he did not work too hard at his trade. When he had made some money by a few day's work, he spent the next two or three days in wasting it. If ever there was a fair or a dance, he was sure to be there, and what money he had went quickly. Seán found that for a little fun he had to do a great deal of work, and he would have liked to make money(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sessiagh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Sessiagh, Co. Mayo
