School: Conahy (roll number 14364)
- Location:
- Connahy, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ciarán Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 428
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- There was once a man who often heard of miracles and often wished to know what a miracle was. He did not wish his neighbours to know he was so ignorant, so he came to the conclusion that he would ask a priest with whom he was very intimate. The priest said to himself, that he would crack a joke on this poor man. He asked him to turn his back around to him, and as soon as the man did so the priest gave him a good kick and asked the man did that hurt him, he said sure it did." Well, said the priest "it would be a miracle if it didn't."
- There was once a little girl whose name was Jessie. She was sent away to a high-class school, and after a time she became so swanky-like that when writing home to her brother Micheal she signed her name Jessica instead of Jessie. Her brother Micheal answered her letter thus-:
Dear Jessica
Mammyca and daddyca are wellica. The ould cowica had a young calfica and they were going to call it Maryica,- but(continues on next page)
