School: Urbal (roll number 13874)
- Location:
- Urbal, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gerald Kelliher
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 613
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- (continued from previous page)thread till they had it filled up. Then they cut off the thread and tied both ends of the thread. Then they had the bracelet made.
Boys could make spinning tops out of spools. They used point the spool at one end. They used put a nail through the hole in the spool and then the spinning top was made.
- There was an Irish man that used to deal in pigs. He went to the market of York. A clever shopkeeper came to him and asked how much money he wanted for the biggest pig and the smallest one. The man told him how much he wanted. The man thought he had only sold two pigs but he had all sold. The Irish man was so worried at his mistake that he went along the strats talking to himself. He met Daniel O'Connell and told him of his mistake. Daniel asked him was he nervous and he said that he was not. Then Dan asked him to cut off the little toe and go home and bury it in his native place in Ireland. The man cut off the top of his little toe and went to Ireland and buried it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Loughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrynahona, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Derrynahona, Co. Leitrim
