School: Mullinahone (C.) (roll number 15363)
- Location:
- Muileann na hUamhan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 358
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- The owner of a bird one morning found to his surprise his bird dying for the want of water and unfortunately he had not a drop in the house. The nearest place to him was the Chapel so he ran in for a sup of holy water and gave it to the bird. The next morning he was telling his neighbour the story and he said "I gave her the holy water as I was sitting down to my breakfast I suddenly heard her singing "Faith of our Fathers".
- Collector
- Patricia Ahearne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Muileann na hUamhan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mrs Ahearne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Mason's wife
- Address
- Muileann na hUamhan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- One day a gentleman went into a forge. When he entered the forge there was another man there. The gentleman took up a horse shoe and said to the other man: "That's a horse shoe" "Look at that now" replied the other "and I did not know but it could be a mare's shoe.
