School: Ráth na Loch (B.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 16999)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Donnchadha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 046
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- There was once a boy, whose name was Denny the thief. His father was very poor.Denny was very witty. So a very rich man took him up to educate him. The rich man sent him to a place where he had three men employed to teach him many works. The first lesson he got from them was a bundle of keys, the very moment he would look at them he should have the right one to lock or unlock the doors all around him. The next one was to be able to saw wood without being heard. The third one was to make a rope ladder so that he could climb any height they wanted him. This lesson was to last for five years and he had all learned(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Miss Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 16
- Address
- Parknamulloge, Co. Kerry
