School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)
- Location:
- Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0175, Page 327
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“My Grandfather Hall I believe was a very funny man and liked playing jokes.”
(continued from previous page)man and liked playing jokes. One day he brought his man and his horses and plough to sow some oats for an old man near by. The old man Mike by name was simple and easy going. He was ruled by his wife and daughter, and was blamed for everything that went wrong.
There was a superstition going that if the oats was not sowed before the cuckoo arrived the crop would be no good for that year. After setting the man to work my grandfather went behind(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elma Hall
- Gender
- Female