School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 06_002
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- There was once an old woman who lived in an old house which was built between where Micheal Murphy's and Andrew Coleman's houses now stand in Prizon. It was in the time long ago before the Prizon farm was striped up into holdings of land. No trace of the little old house remains only a heap of stones.
In those far off days every country house used to have a spinning wheel to spin wool into thread. One night this old woman stayed up very late spinning. It was midnight and she did not think it was so(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 32
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
