School: Inch, Borris
- Location:
- Clanagh, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Michael J. O'Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 682
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- (continued from previous page)away before they would come and kill him. The fox go a fright when he heard of the dogs and he had to run away quickly.He was very sorrowful because he had to go away without the cock and the cock was delighted because he had fooled the fox.
- Long ago there lived three brothers in a house. They were three fools. At that time there was no English taught in the Irish schools. Those three fools never went to school. One day the eldest of them went to school and learned two words. "We three." He did not go to school anymore.The next day the second fool went to school and he learned two more words "For money". The third day the third fool went to school and he learned two more words "Alright". They did not go to school any more but they went to earn their living.The first day they went out they saw a dead man lying on the road. The three of them remained on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Fanning
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyroughan Little, Co. Carlow
