School: Páirc na Rian (C.), Rampark, Jenkinstown (roll number 4882)
- Location:
- Rampark, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Fhlannagáin
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- Once upon a time there was a widow woman who had two sons.
One of the boys was a simpleton.
John was the simpleton's name and Michael was the other boy's name.
There was a minister living close to their house. The minister was also a simpleton and he had the woman annoyed. The woman asked her son Michael to kill the minister.
The boy killed him with the spade and buried him in the bottom of the garden. The simpleton saw them do(continues on next page)- Collector
- Áine Ní Chonchubhair
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Eaton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Loughanmore, Co. Louth