School: Cloncarneel
- Location:
- Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 187
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Once upon a time there was a boy beating a poor ass. There was a man and he saw the boy beating the ass. He asked him what he was beating the ass for. The boy said that it was his own ass and that he could do what he with him. The man had a stick in his hand and he gave the boy a fine beating with it The boy asked him what was he beating him for. The man said that it was his own stick and that he could do what he liked with it.
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- Danny Bagnal
- Gender
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- Address
- Moyfeagher, Co. Meath
