School: Brosna (C.) (roll number 13019)
- Location:
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhúnaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0449, Page 425
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- A Funny Story
In the very olden times a man and his wife lived in a remote part of the country. Those two had never seen a looking glass.
One day the man, in his travels, came across a bit of a looking-glass. He turned it this way and that way and finally saying "God be with my poor father" put it into a drawer where he kept some valued treasures. He spent some time every day looking at it and his wife wondered what interested him so much.
One day as she was tidying the room she discovered the looking glass. She, like her husband, examined it from every angle. Then saying "Whisha, if that's what he is after she's not much" she put it where she found it.(-)
- Collector
- Maureen Downey
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Father Wright
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 38
