School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 13_034

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  1. There (was) once two men living to-gether. One of them would not go anywhere without the other.
    One night as they were going visiting they came to a house where they heard lovely music. They went in, and as soon as they did, a red-haired lady asked one of them to dance a reel with her. He went dancing the reel.
    After a while the other man asked the man who was dancing to be coming home. But he said he ought to ashamed of himself asking him to go home, and he not having his reel finished. The
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peigí C. Ní Oistín
    Gender
    Female