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School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)

Location:
Cill Bhríde, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Ní Mháirtín
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    Gossoon "I'm here a long time and it brought me nowhere"
    Priest "Whose are those pigs"?
    Gossoon "The old sows"
    Priest "Who is your master"?
    Gossoon "My mistress's husband."
    Priest "Who is your mistress"?
    Gossoon "My master's wife"
    Priest "You are very wise but please show me the way to Patrick O'Donnell's house"?
    Gossoon "Follow this road until you come to a boreen on the side of you thumb hand. Then follow your nose from that on".
    Priest "Thanks. What will you be when you get older"?
    Gossoon "Herding pigs. What is your trade"?
    Priest "Showing people the way to God"
    Gossoon "Oh, you can't show the way to any place when you dont know the way to Patrick O'Donnell's a man whom everyone knows"
    Priest "I'm beaten here is a half crown for you"
    Gossoon "Thank you. Its a pity a fool like you doesn't come the way every day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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