School: Killasona, Granard (roll number 14300)
- Location:
- Killasona, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghaithbheacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 506
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- An Old StoryThere was once a very rich man who had a great number of cattle. But after some time he grew to be very poor and he was going to the fair with his last cow. One his way he met a man who asked him to sell the cow for a bottle but the man said he had a number of bottles at home. He asked him for a handkerchief and then he put it on the grass and told the bottle to work and it prepared a beautiful dinner. The man gave him the cow and brought home the bottle. When he went home he placed the bottle on the table and it prepared a lovely dinner. When the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nancy Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killasona, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Tommy Feeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Killasona, Co. Longford
