School: Fedamore (B.) (roll number 14068)
- Location:
- Fedamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Martin Moloney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0517, Page 269
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There was a gentleman there long ago and long ago it was. He had a workman and the workman had a son and he was a terrible thief He was stealing all round him from the gentleman This morning the gentleman said to the father that he would go away with teh son He advised his father to take him away to a thiefs house to finish his trade So the father took him away to the thiefs house, so he left him to the thieve who had two who had 2 more young thieves to learn there trade off as well. He sent one of hte young thieves to steal a sheep next morning from such a farmer. He sent out the new fellow ("Tom)" out to steal the sheep from the young fellow when he'd be coming home with him. So Tom took off one of his boots and(continues on next page)
