School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Derrymore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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  1. There was once a man living in the village of Clais-cém. He had aall his soil dug and he had nothing to sow in it. One day he was sitting on a small creagán near a lake which was in his land. He was thinking what would he do. So a little man ro(u)se up out of the lake and asked the man what did he want. The man told him that he wanted oats to sow in his land. The little man said that
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán M. C. Ó hOistín
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Ted Hasting
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrymore, Co. Mayo