School: Doire / Derrew (roll number 14624)
- Location:
- Derrew, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Caitlín Bean Uí Maolalaidh
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- Long ago when the people were in the bog they used to eat their lunch in the bog.
When they had it taken were a lot of crumbs around and the curlews used to come and eat them. Some days they used to stick a hook into the bread, then they got a lot of different coloured papers and put them near the bread.
The curlew used to come and begin to eat the bread then they got caught(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bríghid Ní Neachtáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Furnace, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Naughton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 62
- Address
- Furnace, Co. Mayo
