School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)
- Location:
- Thurles, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. Aodán
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- 1. In County Tipperary there once lived a widow and she had a son. They were very poor. The only way they made their living by was what the boy earned. A widower was living beside her and he had a son. They fell in love with each other. Soon they were married. After some time another son was born to them. As he gew older he became very wicked. The three boys were always fighting. One day the man of the house was ploughing in the field. The woman of the house ran out to him and she said "John your son and my son are killing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Hayes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cormackstown, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Donal Lucey
- Gender
- Male