School: Dooroc, Drumlish (roll number 13438)
- Location:
- Dooroc, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Francis Kenny
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 221
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- Once upon a time there lived a man. He had three sons. When he was very old he shared his money on his sons. Then he said which ever of them learned the best trade would after a year would get his house and farm of land. The three sons started out for the road. Then they came to a crossroads. One of them turned to the right. The other turned to the left and the other went straight ahead. One of them went into a barber's shop and became such a barber that he shaved a hare while running at a coursing match. The other went into a blacksmiths forge and he became such a blacksmith that he put a shoe on a racehorse while running a race. The other boy learned no trade atal. When the year was up the three boys turned for home. They met at the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernard Mc Quade
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Corlea, Co. Longford
- Informant
- James Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Bawn, Co. Longford
