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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 117

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    Our Lord told him. The Blessed Virgin and Our Lord went on their way then.
    The next day the farmer was out at the oats when he saw a band of soldiers coming up to him. They asked him did he see Our Lord passing that road yesterday.
    The farmer said that a man like him passed when he was sowing the oats. The soldiers. The soldiers thought that that was a long time back because the oats was ripe and fit for cutting at that time.
    They were about to turn again when some little insect put its head over the ground and spoke. It was a wasp and it said: - Indé, Indé, Indé. The soldiers didn't know what it said
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Flannelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Flannelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo