School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)
- Location:
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 087
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- Once an old gentleman who lived in Knocknaseed about two miles from here engaged two watchmen to take care of his orchard. One was blind and the other was lame. Their presence in the garden was sufficient to keep thieves at a distance.One evening, the lame watchman was sitting in the orchard, when his eyes fell upon a tree of red apples, the first and only ripe ones in the place. "Are you not very hungry?" said he to his blind companion who(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eily Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Reanasup, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Benjamin Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Reanasup, Co. Kerry
