School: Ballinree, Nenagh (roll number 15560)
- Location:
- Ballinree, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Patrick Ahern
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- There lived once upon a time a man by the name of john and he had a son and his name was john also. This man worked with a king. He could not control the boy however and complained him to the king who said to send him to him. Jack came to the king. Jack was noted to be a great burglar. The king said that he would have him put to death if he had'nt a horse that was guarded in the kings stable at his door at seven o'clock in the mourning.
Off went Jack and bought two bottles of whiskey. He put one in each pocket of his overcoat and came to the stable at midnight where he saw two soldiers guarding the door. He pretended to be drunk and the soldiers let him in to lay down and the guards stole the whiskey they drank it and got drunk. They slept and Jack got the horse. When he saw the King next morning he was looking puzzled. You are a good boy Jack but there is yet another job. It is to take a pair of horses from the ploughman when he is ploughing.
Jack got two rabbits and broke one of each of their leg's he let them out across the ploughman. Away goes the man after the rabbits and over the ditch, and into the next field. Jack came out of the ditch and unyoked the horses and galloped into the King's(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Shanahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmore, Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Josephine Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymackey, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick Shanahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnamoe, Co. Tipperary