School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

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1. Paddy and the Nuts (continued)

   

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   conclusion that he had it under his head in the coffin. A nephew of his went two nights after to open the coffin and get the money.
   On his way to the graveyard he met with a poor fellow that had a houseful of hungry children and he was going to steal a sheep. There was a shortcut out by the Churchyard to where he was going to steal the sheep, and they agreed to wait for each other. So the boy opened the grave and took out the bag of nuts and got the money in it. Then he closed the grave and sat upon a tombstone to wait for his companion and he began to crack a nut now and again. There was a farmer's house not very far up the fields from the Churchyard. The mistress was not able to walk for many years with rheumatism and her son was after coming home ordained a priest. The servant boy was out night-foddering the cattle and he went in and says he, "Paddy is cracking the

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   AT1791: The Sexton Carries the Parson

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Walsh

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Toome, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Joseph Walsh

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Toome, Co. Longford