School: Tunnyduff
- Location:
- Tonyduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cathaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 114
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- (continued from previous page)him to pay the fifty pounds. But he said that he had no money. Then the man asked him where was he going. He said that he was going to get a boat made. Then the man said. "Boat may it be." He went on to the place where the ships were a making but every ship he got made was spoiled. When he had all his money spent he had to come home. Then the second son said to the father one day:- "Father fill me a bag of gold and a bag of silver and I will go and get a ship made." The father filled him the bag of gold and the bag of silver and sent him off. He came to the grave yard where the man was minding the corpses. He asked him would he pay the debts but he said he had no money. Then the man asked him where was he going and he said to get a ship made and the man said " Ship may it be." He went to the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary E. O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickacroman, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Jimmy Cooney
- Gender
- Male
