School: Craig Dhubh
- Location:
- Cregduff, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Giobúin
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- Once upon a time there lived a woman and a man lived in the same house and they had two sons. When they were not very old their father and mother died, and left them all alone. They had only a few fields of land, and at the end of one of these fields there was a very beautiful well.Each of these brothers had a horse, a hound and a spear. These two animals were so swift that the fastest wind that ever came could not keep up to them.One day the eldest brother said that he would go and earn a living for himself, and the next day he got ready, and took with his horse, his spear. and hound. "If anything(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Philbin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo