School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)
- Location:
- Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine Nic Oirealla
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- There was a great poet in Gallowshill named Tom O'Hara.
He was a very clever man he was able to make a "pass" for the tooth-ache. This is how he did it:-
He wrote these words on a black piece of wood:-
"As I sat on the marble stone,
St. Peter came to me alone,
St. Peter said, arise up for my sake,
And no more you'll suffer from tooth-ache."
Then he used to get a cup and half-fill it(continues on next page)- Collector
- Gerrard Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gallowshill, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gallowshill, Co. Mayo