School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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- (continued from previous page)back to the hayfield with the wee drop of porter in the hollow of the hat. The men in the hayfield said some sweet things about him as they eagerly awaited his arrival. At last they saw him coming but they were downhearted to see him without the bottles. The men questioned Jimmy as to what happened the bottles and Jimmy told them he broke them.
"And how did you bring the porter?"
"I brought it in my hat."
"Is it that wee drop you amadan?"
"No I got it all."
"And where is the rest of it?"
"Here it is inside my hat," said Jimmy Joe turning up the hat as he spilled the last of the porter.
