School: An Pháirc (roll number 13115)
- Location:
- Park, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Cathmhaoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0094, Page 43
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“Once upon a time there was a man who was all his time grumbling.”
Once upon a time there was a man who all his time grumbling. One day he was cutting logs of wood in a forest. Suddenly he heard a strange noise and he looked around and he saw a strange lady standing behind him. She was dressed in a green robe and she asked the was he pleased with all the money he had. The man said he was not and if he had a little more money he would be pleased. The lady told him to look in the can that was beside him. So he did and he found it was full of gold.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Toormore West, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Máire Bean Uí Duibheannaigh
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toormore West, Co. Mayo