School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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    that when he ate an egg he would stand up on the floor & he would rub his stumach and say "Oh im ready to burst." Often he spent a whole night telling stories to the the children. When he would be leaving a house the children would cry after him. He had a son & when the son wanted money of the father he would catch him by the neck and almost choak him until the
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Stephen Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Heraty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Forkfield or Gowel, Co. Mayo