School: Curry (C.) (roll number 12067)
- Location:
- Curry, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chaomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0647
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - A poor beggar- woman finds shelter in a strange house, where she is welcomed by and old man man. The owner who invites her to war herself at the fire and afterwards to tell a story he informs her that if she is unable to do so that she much leave the house. Unable to entertain her with a story the poor woman is turned out into the night. She see two mean roasting a man on a pit over a large fire, the men invite her to turn the spit; she does so and the flees for her life.
She returns to the house from which she had been turned out and tells of her strange experiences. the old man says that se has been taught a lesson and that ifever she is asked to tell a tale to invent on if she(continues on next page)
