School: Ballycomoyle (roll number 7943)
- Location:
- Ballycomoyle, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Una Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0721, Page 257
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- (continued from previous page)and when he had has clothes on him he ame down and ordered the strap to do its work. So the strap got round the landlords's neck and he craved for mercy and the landlord had five pounds and he gave it to him and Jack said if he did not give him the house free while grass grows and water runs that he would choke him and he gave it to him. And he let the landlord go and all his men and they all went and Jack went in and told all to his mother and she said that he was the best man in the world.One day Jack was taking a walk round his farm and he met a man on horse-back and the man told him to go over there and try to win the King's daughter. So he went over(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ethel Regan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Informant
- James Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Ballycomoyle, Co. Westmeath
