School: Killyon (roll number 7120)
- Location:
- Killyon, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Fithceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 439
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“Once upon a time there was a King who lived in Tara and he had ten servants.”
(continued from previous page)sing and act the fool to make the King jolly. When he came to seventy he was not able to perform any tricks and the King sent him home to his own place. When he was parting with him he gave him a stick and he told if he ever met a bigger fool than himself to give it to him. It happened afterwards that the King was on the point of death. He sent for the servant that he gave the stick to. When the servant came he asked the King was he prepared to die he said that he was not. "And why not" said the servant. "I have led a bad life". "Well", says the servant "you are a bigger fool than I am" and he gave him the stick.
- Collector
- Lillie Coyne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlig, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Peter Keenan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inan, Co. Meath