School: Roxboro
- Location:
- Roxborough, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Ruairc
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- There was a farmer who lived in Kildare. His name was Pat Donnelly. One harvest he went to cut the corn. That time they used to cut the corn with a reaping hook. He had a lot of working men with him. They were cutting away when a man came into the field, and he asked the farmer for work. He told him he would give him work. He also asked him what would he want for his days' work. The man took a rope from around his waist, and he said the full of that of corn(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
