School: Ceann an Largaigh (roll number 14887)

Location:
Cionn na Leargaí, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eithne Ní Ghiolla Séanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1079, Page 285

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    the first would have to make the bed.
    So each one consented. John was weaving away and Mary spinning. Their little house was beside the county road.
    A gentleman came along in a car. He stopped at this little house and ordered his driver to ask for the right road round the Atlantic Drive. The driver obeyed his master, went into the house, and asked the old man if this was the right road round the Atlantic Drive.
    When he asked the old man, he started to whistle Maggie Pickens, so then he asked the old woman and she started to lilt the same tune. So the driver thought there was some-
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT1351: The Silence Wager. [Who will Speak First?]
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dan Logue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cionn na Leargaí, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Seán Ó Laoghóg
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cionn na Leargaí, Co. Donegal