School: Rush Hall, Mountrath (roll number 12231)
- Location:
- Rush Hall, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 351
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- (continued from previous page)sons,one of them was good and the other was bad. One day they went to the fair and they bought a cow.The father told the bad son to mind the cow while they were getting their dinner. When they were gone a man came and played a violin,the boy left the cow and followed the man. When the other two men came back there was no sign of the boy or the cow. Then they went in search of them.After a long time they found the cow but they could not find the boy. Next day the boy came home and his father asked him where did he go. He said I followed a man with a violin. Then his father told him to go away and not come back until he(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Edward Hanlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Rush Hall, Co. Laois
