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School: Baile na nGarraidhthe (roll number 13618)

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Ballygarries, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
T. Ó Tuairisc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 132

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    were ever built. There was not to be a hole in it in case the grain would drop out. The granary was to be filled to the doors. The men that built it spent two hundred and fifty days building it. There was only one door to be left in it.
    It happened that there was a small hole in the galvanised iron. One day the famine did really come" he said. Locusts in thousands came as far as the granary. The hole was so small that only one locust could go in at a time. Every locust that went in brought (brought) only one grain of wheat each. The King grew pale and angry and he said "Take all"
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT2300: Endless Tales
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknadrimna, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Peter Casey
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Knocknadrimna, Co. Mayo