School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 05_034
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“There was once a man living on the borders of Clare and Galway...”
(continued from previous page)stand aside until they were all passed. There were a lot of ladies and gentleman in the hunt and the last rider that passed happened to be a oung lady. After passing through the gap she fell off her horse. The man came to her assistence and when she was on the saddle she thanked him and asked him what she could do for him in return and as he was a single man he said jokingly "Marry me."
She told him to meet her in the same place at the same(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Niland
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Martin Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Tyrone, Co. Galway