School: Cloonmorris (roll number 12496)
- Location:
- Cloonmorris, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Michael J. Conboy
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- It is said that the blackbird was a white bird once. This story is told of how her plumage changed. One day she went into a house in which there were three rooms. In the first room there was a man and he said, "There is gold in the next room, and you can do nothing to it." When she went into the room she put her bill into the gold, and when she went(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Cloonmorris, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Patrick Kirwan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Cloonageeher, Co. Longford
