School: Rathfeigh (roll number 10281)
- Location:
- Rathfeigh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Madden
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 303
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- Going to the Fair
One day there was a man going to the fair with a donkey. On the way he met a neighbour whom he asked "What is he worth?" and the man replied "He is worth feeding."
- Who boiled the kettle
Once a woman went to town to do some shopping leaving her two sons at home in the house. When she came home in the evening she found the kettle boiling on the fire so that she could make the tea. She asked her sons "Who boiled the kettle?" Tome said he did and Pat said he did. Then the woman said "neither of you boiled it the fire did".
Rita Sheridan
Macetown
Tara - Collector
- Rita Sheridan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Macetown, Co. Meath
- An Irishman and an Englishman
Once upon a time there was a great demand for horny cattle. When the Irishman was coming home from the fair he had a polly(continues on next page)
