School: Cnoc an Éalóidh (roll number 16562)
- Location:
- Knockanelo, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 484
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There was a minister one time, and he had a servant boy and a servant girl. One day the minister had a goose fordinner and he nearly eat it all. The girl gave all that was left to the boy , but the boy would not eat much of it because it was all bones. When he had eaten , the minister asked him how he liked his dinner. The boy replied, "indeed I didn't like it at all , sure I got nothing only bones." " The nearer the bone , the sweeter the meat " said the minister. The next day the boy went out to the field with the minister's horse and he tied him to a big stone. He eat very little because the rope was short. After a while the minister came out and he saw the horse tied to the rock , and he asked the boy why he tied him there.? The boy replied ,"the nearer the stone the sweeter the grass ."
D'innis Seán Mac An tSiubhail
Scríobh : Máire Nic an tSiughail
- Collector
- Máire Nic an Siubhail
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Seán Mac an t Siubhail
- Gender
- Male
