School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)
- Location:
- Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 542
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- (continued from previous page)Abbeystown near Cross. He had a Bible reader living in a big house. A man named Larry Shaughnessy was going into the bog for a basket of turf out of his own rick if he would puzzle the Bible reader. Larry said he would not be able. Fionn said he would give the turf even if he was not able to puzzle him. When Larry went in, Fionn told the Bible reader to put a few questions on Larry. He said that when a person would die the good works would be put on a scale and the bad works on another and whichever of them would be the heavier that is the side he would go. Larry said if they are standing beam which side would they go. The reader could not answer him. He told him to go home until the next day.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Keady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornacartan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Walter Keady
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornacartan, Co. Mayo
