School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)
- Location:
- Garbally, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Giollabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 165
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- Pat Flaherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Carrowmore, Co. Galway
- StoryThere was once an old woman and her husband living in a house. They were very poor. They had only one cow and had very little to eat. So one day they made up their minds to kill the cow and they killed her. He told his wife to boil the cow and to put a drop of soup to every head of cabbage in the garden. Instead of putting soup on the cabbage she put a bit of meat on every head. During the night they heard the dogs barking. He asked her what was the matter she said they must be fighting for the meat she put on the heads of the cabbage. He said " ah well they must go before us now".(continues on next page)
