School: Faltia
- Location:
- Faltia, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Thomas Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 193
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- Once upon a time there was a man, who was very sick. And he was told to go and see a doctor. He went to see the doctor. When the doctor saw him he said "I can cure you easy". I have to put you on a special diet so that you will get better. Well the doctor told him he could eat nothing but animals food. The doctor meant nothing but meat, such as stake, and mutton and pork. But the man took it in to be straw, and hay, and turnips. So he went home and started to eat the hay, and the turnips.
He was on that diet for about a month, and he found out that it was doing him no good so he decided to see the doctor again. Well he went to the doctor and told him it was doing him no good, "Well" said the doctor "it must have done you good" "No it did not" said the man, "Well" said the doctor, "How did you get on while you were eating it". Well, said the man, I could manage the turnips, and the mangles all right but I found it hard to eat the straw and hay. When the doctor heard this, he said, "Ah I know now what is wrong with you" "What is wrong with me?" said the man, "your brains are gone" said the doctor, "how do you know that" said the man, "Well" said the doctor,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Quirke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Faltia, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Jim Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
