School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lainn Chille, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- There was a man looking for Dean Swift's house and he was searching a long time for it. One day he met a boy going to town with a trolley of milk and the man asked him did he know where Dean Swifts house was and the lad said he was Dean Swifts boy. He told the man to follow on until he would meet the first bóithrín to his right and and to follow on that until he would meet the first house but said the lad there is only one side of it thatched. The man went on the right road but he could not get a house with only one side of it thatched. After searching all day he was going home when he saw the boy searching for something in a field. He said he could not get any house with one side of it thatched. "Look at it there," said the boy, pointing to one of the houses. "But the two sides of that house are thatched, said the man. Don't be a fool," replied Dean Swift's(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Edward Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluain Scil, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Mike Tuohy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corr Dharach Thuaidh, Co. Mhaigh Eo
