School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)
- Location:
- Oilgate, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Braoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 197
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- (continued from previous page)the bull nearly caught him only he got in in time. When the boy got in he locked the door and got in under the bed. The bull lay down at the door and put his tongue in under the door. Some men had to come and take away the bull or if not the bull would have thrown down the house.
- One time an old woman went into a shop to buy a bed mattress. The shop assistant asked her if she would like a spring mattress and the old woman said "No" "I would like one for the whole year round".
- Collector
- Peter Gainford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossabeg, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mr Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossabeg, Co. Wexford
