School: Conahy (roll number 14364)
- Location:
- Connahy, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ciarán Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 431
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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. - Many years ago there lived in this parish a man named Marsh who was a very bigoted protestand. He wanted a servant boy so he put up a notice in a prominent place at a crossroads and in the notice he stated that no Catholic need apply.
A man who was passing by to Mass on the following morning read the notice. He took out a pencil and wrote underneath it:-
"Whoever wrote it wrote it well
For the same is wrote on the gates of Hell" - John - and Mary - of this parish got married. After the marriage they were sitting down to breakfast. They had eggs for breakfast and by accident Mary let her egg fall.
"Old John" said she "Im after dropping my egg"
"For the Lord's sake" said John "dont cacke over it"
