School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 182
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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. - Jimmy was an innocent traveller. There were young lads in Mc Namara's of the Old Mills who would make Jimmy pull an ass-cart all day, drawing sticks. Every night when the work was finished, they would take Jimmy out of the cart and leave him on the road-side and let him look for his supper somewhere. Jimmy would come back again to them the next morning.
Some person in Walterstown asked Jimmy the Hour where he would be that night and Jimmy answered Maybe I'll be a the "Hill of Lane" or maybe or the "Lax Cross". This meant mayber I'll be at the Hill of Slane or maybe at the Flax Mill Cross.
