School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 286
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There was one old man in particular who had a very intelligent daughter, and when he went home he could not drink his tea he was so distracted. His daughter asked him what was the matter and he told her the story. She told him to sit down to his tea that she had the answer. When he had his tea got she told him that wisdom was older than the mist. He went out to work next morning and there was not anyone present but himself.
At three o'clock in the afternoon the gentleman came to him and asked him what was older than the mist. The man asked him who told him and he said it was his daughter and the gentleman said that she must be very clever and he said that he would go home with him to see her. The gentleman went home with him in the afternoon.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Nestor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryronan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryronan, Co. Mayo
