School: Dooroc, Drumlish (roll number 13438)
- Location:
- Dúlrac, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Francis Kenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 227
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“There once was a man who went out to tie his ass between the two lights...”
There was once a man who went out to tie his ass between two lights and he saw a whole lot of people jumping into a field and there was a lot of boholens in the field and threw their legs upon the boholens and said hoo for Clonough and he threw his leg on the boholen and he said the same and the went to a house where there was a spree and where there was a man and woman after getting married and they were going to take the wife away and the told this lad to say nothing and when the wife was coming down off the room she let two sneezes and the was no remarks and when she sneezed the third time this lad said god, bless us and he was pegged down on the floor and they could not take her away and it is always right(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Muleady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Doire Chaoláin, Co. an Longfoirt
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Gee
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Doire Amhlaoibh, Co. an Longfoirt