School: Aghmakerr (roll number 16455)
- Location:
- Aghmakerr, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Peadar Ua Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 118
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“One wintry day a farmer was fixing slates on his house after a heavy windstorm.”
One wintry day a farmer was fixing slates on his house after a heavy windstorm. It was a large building and he was working earnestly to get it finished before night time.
The priest of that parish was ill for a long time and his doctor advised him to take more exercise and to go for a fairly long walk every day. This evening he was out walking and he noticed the man working on the roof of the house. The priest was a proud man and thought he was very clever. He went over to the man and said "it is very easy putting slates on a house only for the lathing." The farmer replied scornfully "it is very easy saying Mass only for the Latin."
- Collector
- Peggy Murtagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shantonagh, Co. Monaghan