School: Dumha-chaisil
- Location:
- Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 412
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- "How Joe Mór's servant-boy proved to be a prophet."
Once Joe Mór McDonnell had a servant-boy who told him that he could foretell. One day Joe went hunting. Soon he caught a fox alive which he out into a box and brought home. When he and his comrades came to the gates at his house in Doocastle they saw the servant-boy coming towards them. The hunters and Joe asked the boy what was in the box, in order to try him out.
They left the box before him, but he could(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ogham, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Andrew Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ogham, Co. Sligo
