School: Ráithíní (Rehins)
- Location:
- Rahans, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Longáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 41
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An Old Story
“A man went to a dance one night, and it was very late when he came home.”
A man went to a dance one night, and it was very late when he came home.
He was going to make a cup of tea when he found that there was no water in the house.
So he went off to the well which is called Buneree Well. Buneree is a mile north of Ballina. The man got the water, and when he was coming back he met a dog.
The dog walked with the man, and the dog kept growing taller and taller. When the man reached his house the dog was so tall that he could not see his head. The man went(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Curry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rahans, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Miss Bee Corrigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rahans, Co. Mayo