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School: Leachtbhruadair (Loughfooder) (roll number 14366)

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Lackbrooder, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0450, Page 186

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    One day Séan met a man who was splitting bogdeal and had a chat with him.
    The man asked Séan to take a turn at the job while he went home to take his dinner. Séan took the hatchet and when he had a large heap of chips piled up he decided he would leave.
    Before going he stuck the hatchet into a large stump of bogdeal so that the owner might easily find it.
    When the owner came back after his dinner he tried to draw out the hatchet - he tugged and strained every muscle but the hatchet remained where Sean had left it.
    He sent for help, but even with the aid of a few other men, the hatchet could not be removed from the bogdeal.
    At length, Séan himself had to be sent for to draw it out.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr Bartholomew Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry