School: Broadford, Moyvalley (roll number 764)
- Location:
- Broadford, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Dónall Ó Buachalla
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- The Twisting of the Rope.One time there was a man living near here and a tramp came begging to his door one day.
The tramp walked in and the man could not get him out. After a little while the man thought of a plan. He asked the tramp could he make a hay rope and of course the tramp said he could.
So he got a bundle of hay and left it just inside the door. The tramp started to twist the hay and in a very short time he was over to the other side of the road. The man kept saying to him "Twist and go back", When the tramp was a good way back the man broke the rope and by the time the tramp was at the door he had it locked and he shouted through the(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynadrumny, Co. Kildare