School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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and when he was going down the road,he got a box ,and a kind of ring in it ,he took it up,and put it into his pocket.he proceeded on his journey with the hay ,and he came back again ,and he told his wife ,he got a grand ferrule for his stick ,and that he would put it on the next morning.
So when he woke, he was crippled ,and his bones were sore ,so he got frightened ,and called his wife.She said he should go to Biddy Early .When breakfast was over they tackled the as and car ,and, went.
When they reached Biddy John told her his story but never mentioned the box.She listened but,never said a word.After a while she asked him did he ever get anything lost,and he told her about the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Keely
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Slieveanore, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Pat Vaughan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Slieveanore, Co. Clare
