School: Shannow
- Location:
- Shannow Wood, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 214
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- (continued from previous page)put his head in on the door and said, "Have you not the corn threshed yet"? "No" said Barney "it will take me another few days" Next day Barney did the same and the third day the master peeps in and says, "have you not that threshed yet" and getting suspicious asked him was he not hungry. "No" says Barney 'I sent in a few bags of corn and got some provisions." "What" says the master "is it selling my corn you are"? and says Barney "I hope you are not angry" The master remembering the bargain said "No". Next day the master told him to get the two horses and plough all the land his dog would go over. The dog ran up one ridge and down another. Barney lifted his spade and killed the dog "you villion" said the master "I hope you are not angry" "No" said he. The master went(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Redhills, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Philip Mc Donald
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Mullanavarnoge, Co. Cavan
