School: An Ghráinseach, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 12700)
- Location:
- Grange West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Díomsaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0377, Page 249
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There was once a family living far out in the country. They lived very unhappily as the husband was always grumbling that his wife was doing nothing in the home only playing with the child and he had all the work to do.
At last Peggy his wife could bear it no longer. She thought of a plan that she would go out and work in the field and leave him to do the house work. When she was leaving the house to go to the field she said "The cow is in the stall still and it is time she was milked and don't forget to take every drop from her or it is milk fever she will be having one of these days." She told him to feed the pigs, scald the churn well and do the(continues on next page)
