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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
An Gort Crom, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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    to go down for the goats to get milk for their stirabout. When Jimmie went down he only could see the goats' horns from under the ditch. He came up and told his wife that the goats were killed. She took the tongs going to beat Ned but her husband stopped her.
    She emptied out the box where the chickens were. When she saw the hen and the twelve dead chickens she got mad again. The man got mad this time.
    The two of them started beating Ned. Then he had to come home in his shirt and breaches.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Gort Crom, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Patrick Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Gort Crom, Co. Mhaigh Eo