School: Páirc na Rian (C.), Rampark, Jenkinstown (roll number 4882)
- Location:
- Rampark, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0660, Page 202
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- (continued from previous page)One time there was a woman who had four children. She went to mass one day and took three of the children with her. She left the fourth child at home. She left a sheep's head and some dumplings boiling and told the boy to watch them and not to let them boil too much. She was some time "departed" when the little boy peeped into the pot. He saw the sheep's head floating around with one of the dumplings in it's mouth. The little boy ran as fast as he could to the chapel. The mass was going on peacefully when the little boy appeared peeping at the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Raghallaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maddoxland, Co. Louth
