School: Clonfad (roll number 11948)
- Location:
- Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Cionnaodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 334
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- Long ago there lived a little boy in Co. Galway. One day he was going to the meadow with his father's dinner and he met the priest.
The priest asked him,"Why wheren't you at school?" and he said he had to go to the meadow with his father's dinner. The priest asked him what he was bringing him, "Potatoes and salt," he said.
He asked him what had he for his own dinner and he said, potatoes.
"Why hadn't you salt?"
"Cock me up with salt and I doing nothing," said the boy.
Margaret T. Shea.It is not right to hit anyone with an elder stick because they would never grow.
It is not right to let a stranger light his pipe while your churning because he would bring the butter.
It is not right to meet a red haired woman because you would have bad luck.
- Collector
- Margaret T. Shea
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonshask, Co. Roscommon
