School: Na Creaga
- Location:
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Breandáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 211
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- There was once a man who had seven children. He said he would never be able to feed them. He put the seven of them into a bag and said he would drown them. On his way to the drain he met a neighbouring-man. The man asked him what had he in the bag.
He said he had seven children and he would drown the seven of them for he had nothing to feed them. The other man said he had plenty of food and that he would take two of them.
With great work he made the man leave down the bag. When he opened the bag and saw the seven children he took pity on them.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Maguire
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fairfield, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Patrick Maguire
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fairfield, Co. Galway
