School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 285
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- Once upon a time there was a great Lord who lived over in the west of Ireland. He had one son and when he was twenty years his father died. He left him all his estate. His father had a good few men working for him. When this young man got the money he used to go over to London on his holidays and used to spend the most part of the money because he was very fond of spending. He was getting very poor and he did not like to sack any of the men his father had under him and he contrived of a plan to dismiss them and he asked them what was older than the mist and any of them could not answer him. He told them not to come to work next morning if they had not the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Nestor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryronan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryronan, Co. Mayo
