School: Rathea, Liostuathail (roll number 7843)
- Location:
- Rathea, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 205
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“There was a boy there long ago. He had a sister and she got sick and was in bed for 12 years.”
There was a boy there long ago. He had a sister and she got sick and was in bed for 12 years. One morning as he was going to work he met his sister on the road he said "I thought I left you in bed after me". She said "It is a long time since I was in bed. It is one of the good people that is there. But when you go home put down a big fire and pot of spuds and tell her to get her supper and threaten her to burn her behind the fire". So when he went home he put down the fire and the pot of spuds. He went down in the room and told her get up. He caught her by the head and pulled her out of the bed.(continues on next page)