School: Johnswell, Kilkenny (roll number 3247)
- Location:
- Johnswell, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Héigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 453
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“Once upon a time a man and a boy were living in a small house at the end of a hill and they were very poor. They had nothing only a dog.”
Once upon a time a man and a boy were living in a small house at the end of a hill and they were very poor. They had nothing only a dog. They used to go off to hunt every evening. One evening they went to hunt with the dog and as they were going along the fields the dog went into the bushes and a white rabbit ran out. The dog followed it and after a long run he killed it. The man brought the rabbit and boiled it. When he was boiling it he heard something screaming(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mick Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Kilderry, Co. Kilkenny