School: Eanach Mór (roll number 13912)
- Location:
- Annagh More, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mártain Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0142, Page 45
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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. - One time a pair of grouse was eating heather together. The cock said "Cearc, Cearc, sparáil an fraoch, sparáil an fraoch"
The hen said "ní theastuigheann uaim é a sparáil, féach ar an gcnocán sin, agus an cnocán sin, tá go leor de ann".The cock said "féách ar an mbó sin, agus an bó sin, tá siad go léir ag ithe agus béidh sé go léir ithte tar éis tamaill." - One time there lived a poor man & he supported himself & his wife by fishing. One evening he was going from fishing & had caught nothing when an old woman put up her head over the water & gave him three salmon. She told him to boil them all together in one pot & all himself and his wife would not eat to throw it in the river. She told him also that in nine months time a son would be born for him & she would give him plenty of fish every evening if he would give her his son when he would grow up & the man promised he would. The man did as he was told & the son was born. He was getting rich & was building a lot of houses. The servants were building a house & they were trying to lift a stone but they(continues on next page)
