School: Ráth na Loch (B.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 16999)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Donnchadha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 052
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- A man sent his sone to college to be a priest. He went to no school but stayed about the town until at last after a few yeards they sent him money to come home. He bought priest's clothes and put them on and walked home. He said to himself that he must have latin off, when he would go home. He saw a goat inside the ditch eating ivy and he said "Ivy ate-um goat-um." He was crossing a stile and he tore his coat and he said "Tore-um coat-um cross-um style-um". He went on and he saw the sun shining in the Key hold of a door, and he said "sun-um shine-um bright-um through hole-um door-um." He said he'd join all them on together. "Ivy ate-um goat-um tore-um coat-um cross-um style-um sun-um shine-um bright-um through hole-um door-um in Secula seculorum(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Miss Kitty Curtin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 22
- Address
- Laharan, Co. Kerry
