School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 189
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- (continued from previous page)hungry. So he went up and saw a lovely cake in a window where three little boys were standing and he went over to them and said, "To the boy is over that bridge and back first I'll give him a half-crown." When they had started Paddy picked up a stone and broked the window. Out came the woman of the house and said, "who broke the window." Them little lads running off there," said Paddy. So she asked Paddy to stay there until she went to get a guard. So in went and off she went. So he got a whole lot of butter and put it in his hat, and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Devlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Joseph Devlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Donaguile, Co. Kilkenny
