School: Cill Bhonáin, Droichead na Bandan (roll number 1271)
- Location:
- Kilbonane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Briain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0346, Page 116
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- Long ago there lived a local man named Paddy Murphy. He lived in "Cnoc a Gruaigidh" in Aherlamore.
He had two goats. He kept them inside every day and he left them out at night.
The goats never went the same road. They went into turnip fields and corn fields.
One night a farmer caught the goats in his cornfield he turned them out of his cornfield.
The goats went into the abbey of Kilcrea and they jumped up on the back of a man who was searching for gold. (See "Hidden Treasure"). The man got a bad fright for he thought it was the devil.
After a time the expression arose - "You're as mad for a stroll as Paddy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Creed
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aherla More, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Cornelius O Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aherla More, Co. Cork
