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School: Leithead (roll number 5480)

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Lehid, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0462, Page 309

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    “Piecing, patching & contriving 12 nails & the time of driving wax...”

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    Piecing, patching & contriving
    12 nails & the time of driving
    Wax, hemp & the best of leather,
    Three & six pence (3/6) all together"
    - verse said by a cobbler in reply to a mean woman, the wife of a smith who had employed him to mend the smith's bellows.
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    “Jim Foley says 'twas a dream Our Lord caught at the miracle of the loaves and fishes.”

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
      2. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Súilleabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrylough, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Jim Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Carrigaline, Co. Cork