School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

Location:
Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 09_002

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    There was a boy one time and he lived with his mother. ...

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    be cold. So he went into the house for a coat for himself and he put the coat that he had on Grannie. But when he came out he could not see the coat. The cows ate the coat but he thought that it was the stone that ate it.
    so he got sledges and hammers and picks till he broke poor Grannie to bits.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Ghiolla Riadaí
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Maggie McCready
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuaim, Co. Donegal