School: Sraithíní (roll number 17145)
- Location:
- Na Sraithíní, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: M. Ní Dhuinnshleibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121B, Page 01_027
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“Once upon a time an amadain lived in a hut...”
Once upon a time an amadain lived in a hut with his mother. One day she sent him to the shop for the hearts, liver. and lights of a beast. Off went the boy, saying, "up heart liver and lights" He met a man and the man said "Dont say that," "Say that they many never come up." On he went and he saw a man setting poatoes and he said "That they may never come up""Oh dont say that," said the man, say "Three hundred this year and four hundred the next year," On he went until he met a funeral and he said "Three hundred this year and four hundred next year." "Oh dont say that said the people, say "That they may rest in pease," so he went on until he saw a man beside two drowning calves and he said "may they rest in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Walshe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ára, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Mrs Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ára, Co. Mhaigh Eo