School: Cnoc Luachra (roll number 12653)
- Location:
- Knockloughra, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Móghráin
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- There was a Minister and his wife living in Browne's house. One day the woman put a lot of ducks into the blessed well to drink. Shortly afterwards she had a daughter with a duck's beak.(continues on next page)
- There was a Minister and his wife living in Browne's house. One day the woman put a lot of ducks into the blessed well to drink. Shortly afterwards she had a daughter with a duck's beak.(continues on next page)
- X (2) There once lived a minister's wife. She saw some women in the blessed well. She said they looked like ducks. That was not a right thing to say. Shortly after she had a daughter with a duck's beak.
- Collector
- Eilís Nic Lachlainn
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Brighid Ní Cheallaigh
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Knockbreaga, Co. Mayo
- There once lived a minister's wife. She saw some women in the blessed well. She said they looked like ducks. That was not a right thing to say. Shortly after she had a daughter with a duck's beak.(continues on next page)