School: Corra-bheagáin (roll number 12206)

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   “Once upon a time there was a man who left his penknife after him in the graveyard.”

   

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   Once upon a time, there was a man who left his penknife after him in the grave-yard. He had a little boy, and when he went home, he told him to go to the grave-yard for his pen-knife. The boy did as he was told, and he got it. When he was returning home he met a man, who asked him to carry him to the first house. The boy did what he was asked, and when they reached the house, he asked the man to come off his back and he said "no" - that the people of that house say the rosary every night". He asked him to carry him to the next house, and when they reached the second house, the boy asked him to come off his back, but the man said "no"- that the people of that house are in the habit of fighting every night. He asked him to carry him to the next house, which was the boy's own house. It was

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Agnes Timlin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Michael Timlin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo