School: Bunlahy, Granard
- Location:
- Bunlahy, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mrs Brady
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- (continued from previous page)can leave it and if we haven't better luck that we mayn't have worse than they had. Another ending of his was
They put down the kettle and made tay and if they didn't live happy that we may.'Tay among the poorer classes was a luxury "in them times". The children looked forward specially to Christmas Eve night "The Big Supper Night" because on that night they got 'the tay'.John or Seanin as he was called had a wonderful collection of stories which he heard from his grandfather who lived to be 95. Among them I remember was The Twelve Wild Geese, The others, alas I have forgotten.
He called the above "The Widow's Blessing. At the time he went to work he was about 11 yrs. He is living in America aged about 64.
- Informant
- Mrs Sweeney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolcor, Co. Longford
