School: Baile Giolla tSionáin (B.), An Gleann (roll number 11307)

Location:
Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Cathasaigh
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    Ballyguiltenene school was built in 1876. The following story will illustrate the poor chance the people had of getting a proper education at that time.
    The builders had to put up a stone marking the name of the school, and the date on which it was built. The contractor told his men how to put up the stone, and then had to go away to some other place.
    The men built the wall, and then put up the stone. After that they went out to the school gate to see how it would look. After a while one of them said that the stone would be nice the other way round. So they pulled down the wall again and fixed the stone up the other way. When the contractor came back, he found that the stone was upside down, for of course, he was able to read, even though they were not. So they had to pull down the wall again and put the stone up the right way once more.

    Tim Joseph Casey,
    The Terrace,
    Glin.
    28.10.38
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tim Joseph Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glin, Co. Limerick