School: Scoil na mBráthar, Inis (roll number 16677)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An Br. Ó Lionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 244
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- At one time there was a young boy living in the village of Inagh. His mother told him, he would have to go to the market and sell the only cow they had.
So next morning the young boy set out for the fair the first man he met, offered twelve pounds for the cow. The boy said he would not give the cow.
Not long after another buyer came and asked him what he wanted for the cow. "An pingin is aoirse ar an aonac" says he. "Well that's what you will not get" [says] said the buyer.
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- Collector
- Criostoir O Donnchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Parnell Street, Co. Clare
