School: Broadford, Ráthluirc
- Location:
- Broadford, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Siobhán Nic Phiarais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0491, Page 009
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“There lived a man near Broadford named Jack Barry who used to go to Newcastle very often.”
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“Long ago there lived behind Broadford a man name William Brosnan who was going to a fair.”
Long ago there lived behind Broadford a man named William Brosnan who was going to a fair. The night before his boots were polished and he went to bed early. During the night he was taken to Knaw-Hill to cast a stone with an other man.
The other man was wining but at the last time a friend of his was amongst the crowd, and she threw a handkerchief on the ground. The man from Broadford stood to it as a mark and he threw the stone the farthest. He was taken home again and in the morning his two knees were cut and his boots were all(continues on next page)