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School: Cill Mheadoin (C.)

Location:
Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Maighréad, Bean Uí Ghliosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 448

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    Once there was a big house and every night they used to hear the door's opening and all the delph rattling. One night a little boy waited up, and after awhile an ass came in, and he put down a big fire and hung a pot of water over the fire. When it was boiled he washed all the delph in the house and swept the floor and tidied the room.
    Before he went out he raked the fire and went out. When the lazy old servants got to know about the ass, they never washed a plate nor swept the floor, and they left all work for the ass to do.
    One night one of the men servants stayed up to learn all
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Conneally
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Conneally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmaine, Co. Mayo