School: Béal Átha Uisce (roll number 4836)
- Location:
- Ballard, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0279, Page 043
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- Once upon a time a landlord and a bailiff came to take cattle away from a poor farmer. When the farmer saw them coming he said to his wife that they were coming. He said to his wife to go to bed and pretend to be very sick. When the landlord and the bailiff went into the house the poor old farmer started to cry. The landlord asked him what was wrong. The farmer said that his wife was very sick. He asked the landlord to come into the room to see what was wrong with her. As he went into the room the woman started to talk with sense or reason. The farmer said that she was deloires and that she had a bad fever. All at once the landlord turned around(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Cathasaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shanavallyleigh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Pártarlán Ó Seagha
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Felane East, Co. Cork
