School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.) (roll number 13631)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 080
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- Long ago there lived a man named Jack Murphy. He lived in a small house with two rooms in it. In one room he had a bag of gold and in the other he had two beds a table and a press. He had a servant girl cooking for him. He was very selfish and never gave anything to the poor. Every day he went out shooting. On day he went out shooting and left the girl in the house. A while after he went out the girl went into the room where he kept the gold, took the bag and ran away with it. When Jack came home he started calling the girl but he got no answer. After a while he went into the room where he kept the gold. He saw it was gone and he knew it was the girl that stole it. He was raging with anger. He ran out the door and down the road. He saw a man and said to him, "Did you see that girl of mine with the wig, with the wag, with the long leather bag. That stole all the gold that I ever had". The man said she was on before him, The girl never stopped from once she left the house. At last(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Aidan Hennigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowcushlaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Nally
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowcushlaun, Co. Mayo
