School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: An tSiúr Concepta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0699, Page 242
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- Once there was a small boy bringing an ass load of turf home. He was doing his best to get up the hill. A gentleman who was passing by gave the cart a push, and so aided it in its ascent. The boy then said to him "God bless you sir, one ass would never have got that load up the hill.
- In the annals of Westmeath it is told that Bishop Mac Geoghan was buried within a stone throw of our Brosna. In a field near our home there is a place which we call the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Cowley
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr J. Kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Cloonagh, Co. Westmeath
