School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)
- Location:
- Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Gharaidh
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- Once upon a time an old man named Andy mcWeeney came to our district selling jewellary and small wares.
When making a bargain with some of his wares he had a fashion of saying. I'll bet you it is or I'll bet you it isn't. So the neighbours started calling him "Andy I'll bet you."
One day Edward Farrell the blacksmith was in his forge working as he saw Andy coming down the road with his creel of wares on his back. The blacksmith made up his mind if Andy used his phrase he would take up the challenge.
At the same time as Andy was coming into the forge at the same moment the blacksmiths daughter was entering carrying a kettle filled with water to get boiled for her mother on the forge fire.
As the forge man took the kettle of water from his little daughter to put on the forge hob.
Andy said when he saw the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Newton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Moherrevan, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Tommy Newton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Moherrevan, Co. Leitrim
