School: Ballyloghane, Caisleán Nua Thiar (roll number 8783)
- Location:
- Ballinloughane, Co. Limerick
- Teachers: S. Condún Úna Nic Ádhaimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 255
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- (continued from previous page)his thirty-pounds and only worked two days.
- Once upon a time there lived a man who buried his wife. He had only one son. In the course of a few years he married again. The Stepmother was very cruel to the boy. Every day the Father went to work the Stepmother gave no breakfast to the boy. This continued for a long time and the child was afraid to tell his father so he suffered hunger for a long time. The boy always prayed that God would take him to his own Mother. One day the boy was playing in the field when he heard a voice saying "you will be happy yet." After a short time the stepmother(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dannie Hartnett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinloughane, Co. Limerick
