School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (C.) (roll number 14206)
- Location:
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 113
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- Long ago there was a man who could never laugh, and nothing could make him laugh, he had millions of pounds of money and still he was not happy.
One day he went to a man at a fair and told him his story, the man told him that he would never laugh or never be happy until he would get a shirt from a happy man, he searched the country but no man would give him his shirt, then he became more unhappy than ever.
One day as he was passing on a lonely road, he saw a tinkers camp and he thought in his mind that he would find a man in it to give him a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nancy Sloyan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Sloyan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
