School: Johnswell, Kilkenny (roll number 3247)
- Location:
- Johnswell, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó hÉigceartaigh
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“Once upon a time two men named Murphy lived in Muckalee. One day they were reaping corn in a field with scythes and one of them met a weasel's nest and he cut all the young ones.”
Once upon a time two men named Murphys lived in Muckalee. One day they were reaping corn in a field with scythes and one of them met a weasel's nest and he cut all the young ones. When the mother weasel came home and saw them she was very angry and she wanted to punish the men. She went to a can of milk that they had in the field and spat in it and then washed her head in it so that when the men would drink it they would be poisoned. Then another weasel did not want them to be poisoned and he jumped against the can and spilled the milk. When the men came to the can to get a drink it was empty and they were very angry too.
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- Patrick Dwyer
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