School: An Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 3549)
- Location:
- Whitechurch, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Liam Ó Faoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0644, Page 10
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“There was a woman in Ardmore named Maura Quain.”
There was a woman in Ardmore named Maura Quain. She had a brother named Seán who was a great drunkard. He was also a great step dancer. One night he was coming from Dungarvan with a bundle on his back. Passing by “Reilg-an thSleibhe” he heard the finest music that ever was. He laid his bundle on the road and began to dance. He danced and danced until he could dance no more. The music stopped. Seán picked up his bundle and went home. Maura was waiting up for him. She asked what kept him but got no answer. Seán went to bed and from that night he never left it again. In a week he was dead.
- Collector
- Siobhán Ní Cuirtín
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogh, Co. Waterford