School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)
- Location:
- Stormanstown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 160
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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. - It was Peter, too, who said,
"Mrs Daniel Breen. That's the woman that would give you a cup of tea!"
"She would, Peter?" asked somebody.
"She'd make tea for forty out of an ounce!" explained Peter. - The following is not exactly a local tale, but it records a saying which I have heard on one occasion only.
Some years ago, shortly after the transport of Cooley potatoes to other parts of the State was prohibited, I was having lunch in the Larne Hotel, Dundalk.
The lunchers were a mixed assembly. Two of us were teachers; two others were evidently farmers; a few were clearly townspeople. But there was one man whose walk in life was hard to determine. He was a stalwart, florid-complexioned(continues on next page)
