School: Loughagar (roll number 5696)
- Location:
- Loughagar More, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Énrí Mac an Abba
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 228
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“A half a century ago a man Cassidy lived a short distance outside Mullingar.”
A half century ago a man Cassidy lived a short distance outside Mullingar. One fine morning he was going along the road. He met a man with a load of turf. Cassidy had no turf that season. He said he would play a trick on the man on the load of turf. So lifting a scraw from the side of the road he fired at the man. The man fired a sod of turf at Cassidy and he fired another scraw. The firing kept on for a half a half a mile of the road. Then the man with the load of turf went home with a half a load. Cassidy picked all the turf of the road and brought it home with him. It lasted a month.
- Informant
- John Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathconnell, Co. Westmeath