School: Carn (roll number 12537)

Location:
Knocknashammer, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Miadhaigh
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    and she had no one with her so when she returned home she put a stone in the box.
    When the son came home she told him she made all the Sunday's and was never late only one Sunday. "Well," said he, " you were with some of the people near." I was with them every Sunday only the one I was late." You have only one Sunday assisted right because the Sunday you were late you had no one but yourself, and you were not talking bad of any one.
    There is another story told of a man who was going to a fair and it was raining very heavy. He was beside a Church and he said to himself that he would just go in for a minute to see if it would get fair. When he went in he knelt down to say a prayer and before
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cuilmore, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Matthew Cunningham
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Cuilmore, Co. Sligo