School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)
- Location:
- Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Módhráin
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- (continued from previous page)man was a good scholar and he started codding the Irish man. He asked him did he ever learn Latin and the Irish man said he did not. The English man said that it was a part of his life lost. The Irish man got vexed and he ran the boat up against a rock. He asked the Englishman did he know how to swim and he said he did not. Well that is all your life lost said the Irish man and he swam into the land.
- There was once a man called John and he lived with his three sisters in a small house. John was going to get married and he bought a new trousers. It was too long and he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Ted Murphy
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
