School: Kilbeg (roll number 11039)
- Location:
- Robertstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Duibhgeannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0709, Page 174
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- (continued from previous page)Then he commanded his assistant to pole the donkey which he did in style. When the donkey got the blow he began to jump and he dismounted his jockey into a pool of water but with the aid of some laurel branches he scrambled out. He mounted his steed again and drove him on to the road; there he was poled again with his jockey on his back. The donkey began to jump and his rider fell in front of him; at the same time a box of matches went on fire in his pocket. Then Pontius Pilate fell on his master and they got so mixed up, that when our hero got to his feet he had one of the asse’s hooves in his hand and the other one down the leg of his(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Robertstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Francis Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilbeg Lower, Co. Meath
