School: Cill Liath (roll number 8696)
- Location:
- Killeagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 227
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“Long Long ago there lived a little girl about eleven years old she lived with her mother in a little village.”
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“Once there was a small farmer who had three sons, two of them were very clever, but the third was, what is commonly called a fool.”
Once there was a small farmer who had three sons, two of them were very clever, but the third was, what is commonly called a fool. He never had any money and was never troubled, because his pockets were full of nothing but holes.
One day a neighbour gave him a half-penny but owing to the conditions of his pockets, he thought it safer to bury his money in the garden.
In the next house lived a man who very often dreamt of hidden gold. At last he dreamt three nights in succession of gold buried in a certain spot in his neighbours garden. So the following night he stole quietly into the garden and after digging for half an hour found(continues on next page)