School: Dumha-chaisil
- Location:
- Caisleán an Dumha, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 389
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- Jack was a cobbler's son who would not do what he was told. One day his father ordered him to thrash four stacks of oats. Jack went to the wood and pulled up two tree and tied them together. Then he put his shoulder to a stack and threw it over and gave it a few blows, and he did the same with the rest of them. Then the birds from near and far came and started to eat their fill. When his father saw what he had done he was very angry, but the boy went in and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frank O' Dowd
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Dumha Beag, Co. Shligigh
- Informant
- Pat Hunt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Dumha Beag, Co. Shligigh
