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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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    him what he was doing there and the man said, "Nothing only making fine girls out of old women."
    Then the blacksmith went to bed again and when he got up in the morning he told the old woman what he saw and he said he would turn her into a young girl as the other man was doing. So he brought her out to the forge and put her into the fire to turn her into a young girl but when he pulled her out she was dead.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0753: Christ and the Smith
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Gee
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Gee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo