School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 058
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“A man that was very fond of playing cards used to go a long distance to play cards.”
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- 11
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- Mrs Sullivan
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“Long ago a crowd of old men met together in a public house.”
Long ago a crowd of old men met together in a public house. After a while one man of the crowd would ask another what would he have and he answered a pint. They had a certain kind of glass called a pewter and when this was full it was left on the counter and one of the men took it up and said
Here is good health to water
Wishing it was wine,
Here is good health to your old wife,
And not forgetting mine.(continues on next page)