School: Ceathrú Gabhann (C.) (roll number 14229)
- Location:
- Carrowgowan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Caitlín Bean Uí Shioradáin
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- (continued from previous page)away for the student to pay a visit home. One night a strange man came to the door. It was a tall man with a priests cloak. He asked for shelter for the night. "Pray come in" said the woman, "My cottage is poor and I can give you no bed but that [?] straw, but you are welcome to what I have" "I am hungry" said the man "for I have travelled a long way" "I can give you nothing better than eggs". "I will be grateful for them" he answered. The stranger took the eggs that the woman brought, and ate no fewer than five. "God bless you" said the woman. "I never knew another man who would eat five eggs but my son," Where is he now"? said the stranger. "He is gone to Spain to become a priest said the widow. He must be changed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christina Callaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowgallda, Co. Mayo