School: Harristown, Piltown (roll number 13449)
- Location:
- Harristown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 210
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- A StoryOnce upon a time there lived a rich man and he three daughters. The daughters names were Handsome Ugly and Beauty. The father loved Beauty best of them all because she was the youngest of the three. One day their father went to town. Before he went he asked them all what they would like from town.
He asked Handsome what would she like. She told him to bring her a gold watch. Ugly wanted a pearl necklace. When he came to Beauty she told him to bring her a rose. When he reached town he saw a beautiful palace standing in front of him, with a garden of roses attached to it. When he saw the roses(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Driscoll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Harristown, Co. Kilkenny
