School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 171
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- There was once a man and woman who gave up attending mass. They had one child, and the father wanted to put it to a Prodenstans school and the mother wanted to send it to a catholic school
One morning the mother sent it to a catholic school and the father went and took it out.
That went on for a while and one morning the mother sent it to a catholic and the father followed it to bring it back and just as the child was crossing there was a man coming on horseback(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Andrews
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tlachta, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Cormack
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tlachta, Co. Meath
