School: St Feighin's, Collinstown (roll number 14450)
- Location:
- Collinstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Sean Flood
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- About forty years ago there lived two men named Micky and Paddy. One of them was a herd and the other a labouring man. They used to have to go to different fairs to drive home cattle for the boss.
Micky the herd was a d - l may-care sort of a fellow and a great wit and carried the ugliest pair of feet ever a man was blessed with. Paddy was a very tasty little man and wore a very nice pair of shoes well laced and polished.
This morning they were starting for the fair of Longford. It turned out wet and played the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eamonn Coyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughpark, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Patrick Coyle
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughpark, Co. Westmeath