School: Muclach
- Location:
- Mucklagh, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)giving him also a fresh dash of flour over his face and clothing. So when he went up to the land-lord's door the first question he put to him was "how many stars was in the sky last night". So the man said 99 million 700 thousand and 25. He said I take it for granted as I do not know myself you may be right. The next question he asked what weight is the moon. He said one cwt weight. He asked him how did he know and he said there was four quarters in it. He said you might be right for I do not know myself. Now he said what am I thinking of. He said you think I am the miller. But you are quite mistaken. So the miller was left his house until he died. Written by:- Lily Boylan,
St O'Hara,
Tullamore.
age 12 years.Told by:-
Joseph Boylan
St O'Hara(continues on next page)- Collector
- Lily Boylan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Saint O'Hara's Hill, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Boylan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Saint O'Hara's Hill, Co. Offaly