School: Turloch (roll number 10286)
- Location:
- Turlough, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0120, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)caught the old devil by the neck. When the bull-dog let the devil go the devil said he would never let an Irish man inside the gates of hell again. That is the reason no Irish men go to hell.
- There was once a girl, and her name was Eileen. When her birthday came her mother made a party for her. There were no children living near her house. So she said she would ask the animals. The animals came to it.
When they came in Eileen gave them the tea. They all laid the saucers on the floor. The mouse fell into his cup. The (mouse pig upset his cup. The mouse put his feet into the jam pot, and they had to put him out. When the tea was over, they began with the four hand (réll) reel. The goat danced with (the) the rabbit(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen O' Malley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogher, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Tom O' Malley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Clogher, Co. Mayo
