School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 217
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“One time there was a man who was a great builder.”
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“One time there was two going to get married.”
One time there was two going to get married. When the day came on which they were to get married there was great preparation for it. When they came home that night after the wedding they had a great feast in the house where the married couple were and then followed by a big dance. The Priest of that parish was also in the house that night. He called in from being at a fox hunt. When he was going home on horse back along the road and passing by alot of trees on the edge of the road his horse would not pass by it. The horse kept backing into the ditch. He struck him with the whip two or three times but it was no use. At last he was thrown from his horse. He got up on his(continues on next page)