School: Cúige na Mainseár
- Location:
- Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 178
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“Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife and his son and sister.”
(continued from previous page)did he see but his haggard about in the moon. He went to the witch and asked her help
She gave him three ribs of haw[?] and told him to put them lying cross ways on the table and then she gave him two more and told him to put them standing up straight towards the moon and they would become a ladder. He did so and he began to climb the ladder. It did not take him long to reach the moon and he began to throw all the haggard down but alas what happened but a sheaf of oats fell on the ladder and broke it. The boy did not know where he could find a means of getting down so at last he decided to jump down. He went to the side and sprang down(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Newcombe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bunree, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Bunree, Co. Mayo