School: Gort an Ghainimh (roll number 16127)
- Location:
- Gortaganny, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Cobhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 438
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- (continued from previous page)and had nothing but a "God spare you your health," in place of payment "Right" said the smith "let my hound have that. Other people came to the forge and they without any payment for the smith but the same fine prayer and according as the smith got the prayers he used to bestow them on the hound. He used give it no other food or drink. The prayers were the hound's food but they made poor meat for him for the smith found him dead in the morning after his being dependent on the feeding of the prayers. A man came to the forge that day and he had a couple of hinges and a couple of reaping hooks that were not too strong to be fixed. The smith did the work and the man was thinking of going, "God spare you the health" said he. Instead of the answers(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tully, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- P. Quinn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tully, Co. Roscommon
