School: Kilfinny, Áth Dara (roll number 9318)
- Location:
- Kilfinny, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0498, Page 353
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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. - Story - The Village parson. 22.6.38There once lived a rich widow in a village in Co. Clare. She had two sons, one a clever fellow and the other a fool. There also lived in the same village a parson, who was a widower and he was paying particular attention to the rich widow. He used come to her house every evening and her sons meals were beginning to be neglected. The clever son planned to kill the parson. This he did one evening when his mother was out and he got his brother, the fool to make a hole in the haggard and bury him.The parson also had a son. He offered a hundred pounds reward to anyone who would give any information about his father. One day he met(continues on next page)
