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School: Béal Tráighe (roll number 14349)

Location:
Beltra, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Conmara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0092, Page 268

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    home then. One night another young man overtook him as he was going to the house and he went with him. When they sat down to the supper the old man said I have enough eaten my wife has enough eaten and my children have enough eaten and it is a shame for anyone that has not enough eaten. The stranger then told the other young man not to heed the old man so they ate their fill. Then they asked for lodgings and the woman told them that she had only place for one of them so one of
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1363: Tale of the Cradle
    AT1544: The Man who Got a Night's Lodging
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó hEaghras
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Beltra, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Seán Ó Dálaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Beltra, Co. Mayo