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School: Muine Mór

Location:
Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0196, Page 069

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  1. A Heavy Load

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    There lived a woman in the townland of Meeneymore named Mrs. McGrath Thomas McGraths mother. She carried a heavy basket of butter to Sligo and sold it there. Then she bought a half hundred of meal and carried it home on her back. The journey was about forty mile.
    By
    Molly Mac Morrow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim