School: Faltia
- Location:
- Faltia, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Thomas Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 192
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- Once upon a time there was a boy travelling along the road. He saw a man digging potatoes in a field, and he said "that they may never come up", and the man told him to say that there may be twice as many next year. He went along , and he met a funeral. He said that there may be twice as many next year,and they told him to say the lord have mercy on the dead.
He continued his journey, and he met a wedding. He said the Lord have mercy on the dead and they told him to say "I wish you joy". He went along and he saw two men in a drain. He said I wish you joy, and they told him to say one out and the other nearly out. He went along and he met a man with one eye and he said one out and the other nearly out.
- Collector
- Kate Lennon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonburren, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Michael Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Cloonburren, Co. Roscommon
