School: Rampark, Jenkinstown (roll number 2532)
- Location:
- Rampark, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Fionnáin
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“Once upon a time there lived a young man and his father on a big farm with a fine house attached.”
Once upon a time there lived a young man and his father on a big farm with a fine house attached. When the father got old he fell sick and died but before he died he called his son to his bedside and told him that when he would sell the hay to get a mass said for him. The son promised faithfully to do so. But when he sold he hay he thought it was not worth his while getting the mass said, as he believed he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Rampark, Co. Louth