School: Urlár
- Location:
- Urlaur, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán de Buitléir
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- (continued from previous page)the girl out and where did it land her but down the chimney of the house where all the neighbours were. Of course there was no fire they blew all fires out. The man of the house and all the people were frightened when they saw the poor girl falling down the chimney. The man of the house said "we are all safe now it was the good people that sent here here." There is many a story to be told about the big wind. There was many a hard night since then. There was one man who put down a big fire to show light to go to his neighbours and the wind done a terribel destruction to the neighbour. The neighbour was a bit of a fiddler and the boys told him go out and play that there would be wind the next night and that it would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Flaitile
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghadiffin, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James Cafferky
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghadiffin, Co. Mayo