School: Ballinacree (C.) (roll number 13966)
- Location:
- Ballynacree, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlín Bean Uí Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 372
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- Once there lived a widow who had a only son. He was very fond of rambling and card playing and he used to carry the deck of cards with him. His mother was always arguing with him when he would not stay at home with her but the only answer he would make her was Mother do not worry I shall soon be bringing home a wife to keep you company. On his way to ramble he used to have cross a field before getting out on the road. One night as he was coming home he met a man who asked him had he a deck of cards so that they could play a game. The fellow said he had, and they went to play a game on a stone. They played a few games until a card fell on the ground. He stooped down to pick it up and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Hennessy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Joe Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farren Connell, Co. Cavan
