School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)

Location:
Crusheen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Bruaideadha
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    three fools.This day one of them went to school and he learned the two words "we three".When he came home his brothers heard what he had learned one of them went the next day and learned "for the want of money"and on the following day the other brother learned "we don't care".One day the three of them were out in the fields and they found a dead man.The guards came and asked them who killed the man and they said "we three".Then the guards said ye will be hanged and they said "we don't care".The guards asked them why did they kill him they said
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Cahill
    Other names
    Philomena Cahill
    Pilimína Ní Chathail
    Gender
    Female