School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)

Location:: Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 707

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we will never cross - The other man The went to jump the dain and he fell into it. The other man pulled him out and brought him home.

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A Story There was once a woman in this village long ago. She was married to a tailor and there was a young child in the house. The tailor had an iron in the fire this day and when he was lifting the íron in the fire it was burning him. He threw the iron into the cradle and the woman began crying saying if the child was in the cradle it would be killed and burned. Sure the child was not in the cradle
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Folktales index

AT1088: Eating Contest
AT1640: The Brave Tailor
Language

English

Collector
Paddy Glynn
Gender

Male
Address

Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo

Informant
Pat O' Brian
Gender

Male
Address

Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo