School: Cúige na Mainseár
- Location:
- Cúige na Mainséar, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 172
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“Once upon a time there lived a very wicked woman who did not like one of her twin sons just when he was born.”
(continued from previous page)him the next morning his head would be choped off. The question is "How many gallons of salt water are there in the sea",
Muicin was nearly in despair at hearing this and was on the point of telling his master about the wicked lady when he thought of Dermot. So off he went home and told the boy of his master asking another hard question, worse than the last.
Dermot only laughed and said, "Tell him that if he stopped the rivers of the earth and sky flowing what remained would be pure salt water.
Muicin was free for a second time but this time he got a question(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cúige an Liagáin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Gowan
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 89
- Address
- Cúige an Liagáin, Co. Mhaigh Eo