School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)
- Location:
- Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire Cuirtéis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 439
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“Wan day a very long time ago, a man was goin' to the races in Rathceale in the county Limerick.”
Wan day a very long time ago, a man was goen' to the races in Rathceale in the county Limerick. As he went on his journey it began to rain. He had such a long journey to go, an as like all men in the ould times he was walkin', he said to 'imself "Begob if I could only could get somethin' to carry me." As he said this a large bird came floatin' along in th' air an' said to im. Get up on me back if you are commin' to the race." The man did that, an' soon he found they war over he race field, an' he said to the bird, "Let me down," an the bird tould 'im to jump off his back as he had'nt time to alight on the field. The man got angry an' he hit the bird on the head.
It all turned out to be a drame an' the bird that he hit on the head turned out to be his own brother who was sleeping with him an' he got the worst of it for hittin'(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Roche
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- James Kavannagh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 32
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Wexford