School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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Long ago a priest wanted a servant boy to act as a cook and clerk for him and the conditions of his settlement was to boil an egg to his satisfaction or he would not suit him.
The boy boiled an egg but it was too hard so that boy would not suit him. Then he got another on the same conditions of settlement. So he boiled an egg and it was too soft and that boy would not suit him.
He got a third boy under the same(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tessie Rogers
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathbaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Rogers
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathbaun, Co. Mayo