School: Béal Átha Uisce (roll number 4836)

Location:
Ballard, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0279, Page 045

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  1. There was once a Landlord who lived in England. He bought all this district, from Balhuskey school east to Dreeney. When he was comming to buy it the people scattered coal all over the hills. When the Landlord saw the coal he taught it was a very rich place, so he gave a lot of money for it. This Landlord was very quiet, but he had a lot of bailiffs out from him to gather the. Those bailiffs were very cross, because they wanted to get a lot of praise for themselves.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó Cathasaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Felane East, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mícheál Ó Cathasaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Felane East, Co. Cork