School: Gaddyduff (B.) (roll number 16642)
- Location:
- Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: P. H. Kavanagh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 302
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“Once upon a time there was a very wise man. He was a great builder of houses.”
21th December 1938
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Once upon a time there was a very wise man He was a great builder of houses This man had only one son and he wanted him to get married but he wanted the woman he would get to be very wise. So one day he killed a sheep and sent his son to the fair with the skin of the sheep and he told him to bring back the skin and the price of it. Then the boy said this could not be but he done as his father told him. When the people heard that he wanted the skin and(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Rose Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 19
- Address
- Dunaff, Co. Donegal