School: Ballyleague (roll number 5973)
- Location:
- Ballyleague, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Patrick O' Dowd
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- (continued from previous page)boss sent the dog out to bring the boy with the cows, and as the dog had eaten the boys breakfast he was strong and went a long way, but the boy was weak with hunger. When he went home he was not able to plough all which the dog ran over, and he got tired of his master. Then, the boss put him sitting on a chair and took the skin off him and sent him home to his mother in a sheepskin. When his mother and brothers saw this they were both angry and sorry. The second eldest then said he would go and seek his fortune but his mother forbade him and said he would come home like his brother. No matter said he I will chance it, and he started off. When he was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P.J. Glennon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonaddra, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Bridget Glennon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonaddra, Co. Roscommon
