School: Ballyleague (roll number 5973)
- Location:
- Ballyleague, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Patrick O' Dowd
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- (continued from previous page)about a day travelling he met with the same man as his brother had been working for, and asked for work. The man gave it to him, but he was not long working for him, when he got tired of him, and the boss took the skin of him, also. When his mother saw him coming she began to cry mournfully, but the youngest son "Paddy" comforted her and told her not to cry, and that he would go and revenge his two brothers on that cruel man. He set out and came to the same man's house. The man gave him work, and told him what he had to do. In the morning when Paddy was eating his breakfast, the old woman called him to rise her in the bed, He answered, "ah hold your whist Mrs, until I have my breakfast eaten" So the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P.J. Glennon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonaddra, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Bridget Glennon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonaddra, Co. Roscommon
