School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 08_017
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“There was once a man living in Ballindereen who had a public house...”
There was once a man living in Ballindereen who had a public house he never used to give the right weights or measures. One fine day a priest came in for a treat and the shop man did not fill it good enough. So the priest told him to fill it up. The shop man had a big white dog and he never used to feed the dog. The priest asked him what used he give the dog to eat and the man said I never fed him yet since I got him. The priest said to the man to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Martin Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Tyrone, Co. Galway