School: Kentstown (roll number 1599)
- Location:
- Kentstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Lúasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 416
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- (continued from previous page)One Christmas Eve long years ago an old man from the parish of Kentstown walked to Navan - a distance of about six miles. He intended to do some shopping. He reached Navan safely and purchased the articles he wanted most particularly and was ready to trek his journey homewards when he met some of his life long friends. They invited him to go into some "warm-corner"
- There are no old story-tellers residing in the locality now-a-days. No more do neighbours flock to one particular house to tell or listen to the best funny stories of the day. Even the few younger folk who try to imitate their great ancestors by telling what they consider the best jokes ever told are lacking in humour or wit. The following are a few stories told by the less sombre inhabitants of the neighbourhood.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Balrath, Co. Meath
