Volume: CBÉ 0189

On this page

1. (no title)

   “There an ould schoolmaster teaching in Adamstown...”

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   There was an auld schoolmaster teaching in Addamstown long ago. This was before there was any schools there. ' Twas in an outhouse it was held. He had the pupils wan day at reading. Wan chap was reading and he came to a big word, and he stopped. The master didn't know the word himself. "Oh" says he, don't mind that word that a big [?] society word. Humble people like me + you don't want to know anything about that word".

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script