School: Robertson (roll number 12276)
- Location:
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Liam Ó Morchadh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 129
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“Once upon a time there were two Irish men building a very large house in America.”
(continued from previous page)Paddy looked up and seen the foreman falling down and he called to Tom to lift the cards quickly because the foreman was coming.
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“One night a man had been playing cards in an old barn with other fellows.”
One night a man had been playing cards in a old barn with other fellows. When it was getting dark this man decided to buy a halfpenny candle and when the candle would burn out they would leave. They kept on playing until it was clearing in the morning, it was eight o clock and the candle had only burnt about half an inch.
They left and the man never played cards out his own house after that.