School: Fairche, Cill Dairbhre (roll number 6834)
- Location:
- Farahy, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Mac Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0373, Page 372
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- There was once a poor boy named Jack and he was one day breaking sticks for his mother. He held the wood in his left hand and struck it with his wright He hit his a blow and ran home to his mother to bind the wound. His mother said "What a deep cut." Johnny cried out and said "Oh mother if I had used both of my hands my thumb would have cut off.
- Collector
- Bridie O' Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs O Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tankardstown, Co. Cork
