School: Cnoc an Doire (C.) (roll number 2419)

Location:
Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
Teachers:
Nóra Ní Chorcoráin Maire Nic Chárthaigh
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    One day a woman called her husband to his dinner.

    One day a woman called her husband to his dinner. She had a very big plate of sauce and a very small bit of fish. He said down near the table, and began looking at the plate of sauce. She said "Why aren't you eating" He said " I must wait until the tide goes out. "I'll try to catch that fish then.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gowlane, Co. Kerry
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    Long ago a farmer had six or seven cows.

    Long ago a farmer had six or seven cows. His servant who lived in a house near by had only one cow. When ever the man with the number of cows went churning he always found froth on the milk, while the man with the one cow had a large quantity of butter to send to
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