School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)
- Location:
- Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Gharaidh
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- In around the village of Drumsna their once lived a man in the midst of a lovely valley. There was a football in Dublin and he said he'd go and see what kind of a place Dublin was and what kind was a football. He went to the football and met another chum of his and the chum invited him to a public house and there they got a drink each. While they were drinking the Drumsna man noticed a mirror hanging on the wall which bore the words "Players Please". It happened this man never saw a mirror before and when he looked into it he thought he saw his father in it instead of his own photo. His father was dead and it troubled him when he saw his photo. He asked the shopkeeper did he get the photo and the shopkeeper caught on to the joke said he had it in the shop for the past two years. Then the man said it was the photo of his father and he asked the shopkeeper would he sell it and he said as it was the photo of his father he would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Ahern
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Gortnalamph, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr Paddy Ahern
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Gortnalamph, Co. Leitrim
