School: An Páirtín
- Location:
- Parteen, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ciarán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 537
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- Long ago there lived a little boy who hated to go to school but his parents said "you must go to school or do you want to grow without any learning" "No said the little boy but I learn so slowly that it is not worth while. And then because he would not be left at home he went unwillingly to school. Passing a small house on his way saw an old woman standing at her door. She held a great crowbar of iron in one hand and a small file in the other. With the small file she kept rubbing the crowbar up and down(continues on next page)
