School: Cúige na Mainseár
- Location:
- Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 170
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“Once upon a time there lived a very wicked woman who did not like one of her twin sons just when he was born.”
(continued from previous page)The story of Dermot's knowledge came to the ears of his real father, who was called the rich Donnell, the husband of the wicked woman who had given her little son to the pigs as she thought.
Donnell in order to get the boy he said that he would frighten the boy's father by putting some hard questions on him. So one evening he met Muicin as he went home from his work and told him he was going to ask him a hard question and he must have the answer the next morning or his head would be cut off.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Quignalegan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Gowan
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 89
- Address
- Quignalegan, Co. Mayo