School: Cill Bheidhin (Kilvine) (roll number 16019)
- Location:
- Kilvine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 713
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- (continued from previous page)they had nothing to eat. In the midnight luach na bo went to the rich brothers farm and brought in a sheep on his back he cooked the sheep and in the morning they ate it all.The next night he brought in another, and the next night he brought in potatoes. The rich brother noticed this and he doubted the other brother. So this night they were trying to get out a plan to see was it the brother that was stealing them. The old woman said put me into a tree and put plenty of food in with me and a chicken. Then bring me over to your brothers house and say its a box of meal. He brought her over in the horse and cart. He said to the brother this is a box of meal dont open the box until I come over to-morrow. When luach na bó(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán de Búrca
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilvine, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Bane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilvine, Co. Mayo
