School: Borris (B.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Loinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 332
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- Some years ago there lived a man in Naas named Bruen. Now Bruen was a big protestant and a great boaster. He had a very short stump of a nose which made him look very bad looking. As Bruen had lots of money he built a beautiful big mansion as to have something bigger and nicer than any one else in Ireland. When he had the work finished he wrote on a plate which he hung on the gate, "What could not men and money do?" A poor scholar who happened to see the plate went over and read it. When he had it read he pulled out a short bit of a pencil from his pocket and wrote under it. "All the men and money in Naas would not put a handsome nose on Bruens face".
- Collector
- Timothy Mahony
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Ballynagrane, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- John Mahony
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballynagrane, Co. Carlow
