School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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- XML “The Ghost in the Garden”
- XML “My Mother Said”
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- (continued from previous page)(Ghost in the) garden. The Ghost comes in and says to the mother
"I want a needle."
"What do you want a needle for"
"To sew a bag."
"And what do you want the bag for"
"To fill it with turf."
What do you want the turf for"
"To make a fire."
"What do you want the fire for"
"To boil a pot."
"What do you want the water for"
"To scald you and all your children."
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- Collector
- Una Coleman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonygowan, Co. Laois