School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)
- Location:
- Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Donnchadh Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 108
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- (continued from previous page)heard that the man was after killing the pig and they planned to steal a piece of meat out of the chimney. They got a long piece of wire and tied a crook to the end of it. Two boys went up to the chimney while two more watched the door.
The two up at the chimney put down the crook to catch the meat but there was a pot of water boiling over the fire and instead of catching the meat he caught the pot and hauled it up. When the woman of the house saw the pot lifting she nearly fainted but her husband seized an ash plant and the boys disappeared from the house quicker than they had come.
Told by:- Edmond Brett (70), Cappagh, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
Written by: Malachy Brett, Cappagh, Cahir
- Collector
- Malachy Brett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Edmond Brett
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary
