School: Corra Cluana (roll number 14054)
- Location:
- Corracloona, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 411
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- (continued from previous page)eat. Then the Irishman said "I dreamt that I wakened before daybreak and ate the bread and indeed I believe I did eat it."
- Married in grey, you'll go far away
Married in yellow, ashamed of the fellow
Married in green, ashamed to be seen
Married in brown, live out of town.
Married in blue, constant and true
Married in black, wish yourself back
Married in white, chosen the right. - Informant
- Thomas Keany
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Laghty Barr, Co. Leitrim
- Micky Walls, a local wit, heretofore referred to in this book, was employed by a man to set cabbage plants. “Well” said the man to Micky “I want you to plant them in a way that were never planted before.” “Alright” said Micky. He started to plant them and he planted them all with their tops down. In the evening, the man came out “Where is the cabbage, Mickey?” said he. “There it is” said Micky “you told me to plant it in a way in which it was never planted before and who ever ‘seen’ cabbage with the green part down before.
