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School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.) (roll number 13631)

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Ballina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 121

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  1. The Little Boy and His Bad Stepmother

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    Once upon a time there lived together a man and his wife. They had a son six years old at the time his mother died. About a year after the little boys father married again. The little boy was so nice that every one admired him for his beauty. The stepmother was not long in the house when the people noticed the little boy failing and it was no wonder as the stepmother was very cruel to him. She used to beat him and would not give him a bit to eat but a grain of meal to eat on a flag, in the morning and the same at night. Then itself she would not give him spoon but make him lick it of the flag. She was pretending to be very fond and good to him in the father's presence
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Val Muldowney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Broderick
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo