{"id":641,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/farmer-the-teacher-and-the-priest-the\/"},"modified":"2015-10-06T16:11:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T15:11:17","slug":"farmer-the-teacher-and-the-priest-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/farmer-the-teacher-and-the-priest-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmer, the Teacher and the Priest, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Farmer, the Teacher and the Priest, The<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-641-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/farmer-the-teacher-and-the-priest-the.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/farmer-the-teacher-and-the-priest-the.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/farmer-the-teacher-and-the-priest-the.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/farmer-the-teacher-and-the-priest-the.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"dmeite\">\n<p><span class=\"nmeite\" id=\"neasc-nocht-ceilth\">view \/ hide recording details [+\/-]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"clarMeiteashonrai\" class=\"meiteashonrai\">\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teideal <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Title)<\/span>:<\/span> Farmer, the Teacher and the Priest, The.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 840119.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chnuasach Bh\u00e9aloideas \u00c9ireann <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(National Folklore of Ireland Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Roud <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Roud Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Laws <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Laws Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Child <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Child Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Cnuasach <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Collection)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney Collection, University of Washington, Seattle.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teanga na Cro\u00edmh\u00edre <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Core-Item Language)<\/span>:<\/span> English.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Catag\u00f3ir <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Category)<\/span>:<\/span> story.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a thug <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Informant)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a th\u00f3g <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Collector)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> 24\/01\/1984.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> University of Washington, United States of America.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Oc\u00e1id an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Occasion)<\/span>:<\/span> evening class.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Daoine eile a bh\u00ed i l\u00e1thair <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Others present)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">St\u00e1das ch\u00f3ipcheart an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording copyright status)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>A man returning from town in his horse and cart offers a lift to a teacher and a priest on the road. They begin discussing which of them provides the greatest benefit to society. They agree to ask the first person they meet to decide the question. When the come to a crossroad, they meet a stranger, and they ask him which of them performs the greatest service to the community.<\/p>\n<p>The stranger sets them a challenge, to go up to the top of a mountain; when they do so, they lose one another in a mist.<\/p>\n<p>The teacher comes across an apple tree, and after eating some and filling his pockets with more, he lies down to take a nap.<\/p>\n<p>The priest comes to a valley where he sees a group of people &mdash; children, adults, and old people &mdash; throwing a ball against a wall, and each time it bounces back, they throw it again even harder. He sits down and watches this for a while, and then he falls asleep.<\/p>\n<p>The farmer comes to a small cottage. The door is open, there&#8217;s a fire in the grate, and a table set full of food. He helps himself to the food and then, feeling tired, he attempts to lie down in one of the two beds in the corner. The first bed, however, overturns; so he gets into the second bed and sleeps until morning.<\/p>\n<p>When he wakens, he is back at the crossroads, along with his two travelling-companions. The stranger asks each of them to tell what they saw and did. The stranger then interprets their experiences for them, drawing a lesson from each. The farmer is the only one of the three who comes out with a clean bill of moral health.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson of the story is, &#8216;You&#8217;ve got to play straight with people. 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