School: Baile an Churraigh
- Location:
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
- Teacher: A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 567
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- (continued from previous page)land. John took the bag in his arms. that was 11 st. and threw it across the ditch and then he took the ass. like you'd take a child and threw him across too. Now, says John, throw them back again if your able.4. There was once a man in upper Salt-hill and the times were very bad and the pigs very cheap. This man had a great lot of bonhams. He brought the pigs and threw them into the sea. A few days later a man came fishing and he caught a great pike.
He had grew trouble in pulling him in. He brought him home anyway and got a knife and cut him open and found a pig inside. He reared him for five months, and brought him into Galway and he weighed 24 st.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Marion Dowd
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Padraic Ó Dhubhdha
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
