School: Cromghlinn (C) (roll number 15411)

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   “There was a man long ago, himself and his wife and son who lived in a cottage...”

   

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   year's punishment is over him after his cruel act against my people when he cut down our hawthorn bush. Let you start off on your quest at dawn to-morrow morning so now listen to a little song I am going to sing for you" and she started like she'd be crying at a wake and this is what Jim heard. "Five old oak trees on a hill. Just above a busy mill. And a big house standing by cannot fail to catch your eye. Cross the bridge the mill race o'er. Till you reach the mill house door. In you'll go and when you'll see the man you want, you'll think of me." The very minute she ended the song the old woman vanished out of Jim's sight like a puff of smoke. And the very next morning at dawn Jim started on his quest of his long lost father after a long search didn't he spot five big old oak trees and a splendid flour mill just below them and he made a cross to them and in he

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Nic Aoda

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Laragh More, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Micheál Ó Feinneadha

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   72

   Occupation

   Feirmeoir

   Address

   Laragh More, Co. Galway