School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)

Location:
Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Módhráin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 693

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 693

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Gort an tSiúrdáin
  2. XML Page 693
  3. XML “A Story”
  4. XML “A Story”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Long ago there was a poor man that had no turf or any means for a fire. He went into a rich mans farm where there were bushes growing, and he cut a bush in it. A neighbour told the rich man. The rich man took him to court about the bush. The poor man had a solicitor called Daniel O'Connoll. When the case came on the rich man asked the judge what authority had he to go into the
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mocorha, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mocorha, Co. Mayo