School: Tooreen (St. Brigid's)
- Location:
- Tooreen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0112, Page 71
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- (continued from previous page)If there were more than four horses they called it a "Drag". The priest charged them ten shillings to be married.
There was once a man and a woman who were going to be married. The man lived in Scrigg and the woman lived in Mountain bommon and the week before they were going to be married the man went up the lady's house for her fortune. They gave him ten guiness for her fortune. The man was so delighted with the money that he went down to the end of the house and began pitching with the money.
The man of the house went to the man and he took the money from him and he gave him a kick and threw him(continues on next page)
