School: Tomghéis (roll number 9239/9277)
- Location:
- Tumgesh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Casaide
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0123, Page 193](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0123%2FCBES_0123_193.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0123, Page 193
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Tomghéis
- XML Page 193
- XML “Nell Groarke's Story”
- XML “Kathleen Durcan's Story”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- There was once a house in Ballydrim and one time, they used to bring in at night, the water for the next morning.
One morning they went to put water in the kettle and they saw it was of a reddish colour like blood.
They didn't use this water for breakfast but didn't spill it out. Later on they put it in the pugs feeding and next day the pigs died.
(N.B. Evidently there is more to the story, but I couldn't(continues on next page)