School: Kilbegnet (roll number 1327)
- Location:
- Cill Bheagnait, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 237
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- (continued from previous page)OLaoghaire went to bury his mother He had a sheep-skin jacket on him and as he was going along the road a magpie was picking the wool out of the jacket so at last he caught her. He came to a spring well in a shopkeeper's garden and he propped his mother up by the well and went into the shop for a glass of whiskey. The owner of the shop gave him the whiskey. Daniel OLaoghaire gave the magpie a pinch with his are and the magpie let a screech and the publican said "whats that" Daniel OLaoghaire said "that's a witch craft in the form of a bird and she tells me everything" "Well what is she telling you now" "She is telling me that's not the best whiskey you have" "Well she is right" The owner of the shop gave him another glass of whiskey and he did the same thing to the magpie and the owner said "what is she telling you now" "she is telling me that's just middling" "well she is right again" so the owner(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Connigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Doire Thoipiú, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Pat Noone
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Doire Thoipiú, Co. Ros Comáin
