School: An Bháinseach (C.) (roll number 11965)
- Location:
- Bansha, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Mheiscill
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- (continued from previous page)She has stolen all the gold and silver
That I ever had."
The answer the mill made was to
fall on top of him and kill him.NB Mrs Joanie Brien's people - father and mother - were native Irish speakers. She herself spoke Irish and English. She had little or no English education. I am certain this old tale is a traditional one and not out of a story book. The words are almost exactly as she gave them.
Eibhlín Bean Uí Mheiscill
Báinseach - Gleann Cois a'binne is a district in the Glen of Aherlow directly under Galtee More. It is reached by a long, rocky, steep, winding boreen starting from Claideac Bridge on the "main" road (mountainfoot)