School: Cor an Chasáin
- Location:
- Cornasaus, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 298
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- Once upon a time there was a boy who did not know much about farm produce. One day when he was at school a man went by with a cart of turnips. The boy wanted to know what the were and he told him that they were mares' eggs. I will give you one and if you sit on it in your skin fron seven till twelve o'clock at night it will be a foal in that time. The foolish boy did so but it began to freze and a short time [?] before twelve o clock he was very cold and he gave it up. He got up and gave the turnip a kick and sent it rooling down the hill; it rooled into a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Charles Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corfad, Co. Cavan
