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 99
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- (continued from previous page)Belief: They say the day is for the living and the night is for the dead.
- One time the monks of Mungret invited the monks of Soctland for a contest in Greek and Latin. After some time they became sorry the day the monks were going to come they dressed themselves up as washwomen and went down to the river washing.
The Scotch monks came long and the washwomen mar beadh sarted to talk in Latin and Greek. The monks were wondered so they said if washwomen are that good at it, there is no use going to the Abbey to the monks. So they returned home. The Mungret monks did a wise turn. There is a saying "as wise as the women of Mungret." - 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.
- Collector
- Mártain Ó Braonáin
- Gender
- Male
