School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 203
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- (continued from previous page)brings you to such a place''?
''Well I'm told there is a very nice young lady in that Castle and I will have her for my wife,''
''Oh murder and hurry, did ever anyone see such a mad notion but force a fool against his will, and he'll have his own opinion still.
Where will you go to look for this awful place''?
''I don't know, Ill find it out some way.''
Well all I can say is that you are going on a blind lead, a fool's errand, and once you go out of my sight I'll never see you again.''
Troth and you will mother, I'll come back in flying colours, to your own dear self.''
''Oh very well, Teddy got his kit for travelling, and started.
He travelled on the first day without my brother, or any more knowledge of where was going. When night came on he didn't know where he was going to stay for the night, but he says to himself '' I have to put up with worse than sleeping out for a night. Sure I was often out for a night after the deer when they strayed too far from home.''
So he slept under a great oak tree until the sun was peeping out and then he took some of his bread and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- T.F. O' Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- W m. Hunt
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 60
