School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)
- Location:
- Garbally, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 163
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Once when St Patrick was passing through Monivea the people milked his goats. He did not like this and he put a curse on them. He said that they should never be any better or worse than what they were on that day. The are just the same today as they were on that day.
- Once there were three girls lived in a house with their mother. The mother loved two of the girls and she had a great hatred towards the other girl. She put her out minding a goat. The two girls used to eat grand things and the other girl used to eat their leavings. The girl told the goat that she was being treated very badly. Every day after that the goat gave her a dinner. The other girls were wondering where she was getting her meals. When they found it out the(continues on next page)
