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School: Punt Abhann (Pontoon)

Location:
An Tamhnach Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Anastasia Ní Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 384

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    she put into the pot the child sat up in the cradle this he did not did do for a long time before that. Then he said what are you doing Mama,” the widow answered “boiling eggshells a vick,” he asked it three times. The third time he he added I am eighty hundred years and a boiling eggshell I never saw till now. The woman ran to the cradle to burn the old man. He jumped out of the cradle and he was never seen again. The widows child was left back.
    Mrs Mary Barrett told me this story.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
        1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
          1. ór i bhfolach (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Mc Hale
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Tamhnach Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Barrett
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    An Tamhnach Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo