School: Eslin (roll number 10026)
- Location:
- Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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Song (continued)
“Twenty years boy to-day I grasped my mother's hand”
(continued from previous page)taking off the butter it was not like butter at all, and it was all feathers. He passed no remarks and used to eat the butter the same as usual. He then boiled the hen and had her for his dinner next day. This was the way this poor man lived all his life.
When he would be going to bed at night he would boil potatoes, cabbage and bacon, pepper and salt all together and eat eat that at his supper. He used to eat the whole lot that night, and get up again in the morning as fresh as ever. He lived till eighty five, and was very young looking.- You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Pilib Mac Aonghusa
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr Terence Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumraghool South, Co. Leitrim