School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 542
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- XML Page 542
- XML “A Light in the Rath”
- XML “Mrs Valentine's Servant-Girl”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Mrs Valentine (the present Jim's grandmother) had a servant girl. The girl was out in the back field, where there was a stream running, scouring milk vessels.There is a rath in the lower end of the field, on Valentine's ground - and one in the fleld outside the ditch on Tom Meade's ground.When she came in, Mrs Valentine thought she was looking strange, like as if she had got a big fright. Mrs Valentine asked her was anything the matter, and she said not.Next morning, her face and head was all swelled, and she was going about stupid. Mrs Valentine sent for Moll Antony, to the(continues on next page)
