School: N. Seosamh, Cill Lasrach (roll number 16289)
- Location:
- Killasser, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: S. Mac Carrghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 108
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- (continued from previous page)but he gave her an awl. She was very thankful to him and took the awl. Up to that time a stab of an awl was very bad and the needle''s stab was no harm but from that time on it was the other way about.
- 9. Why the wasp should be killed and the cricket spared.At Our Lord's time all the animals and birds and insects were able to talk as well as a person. So when the Jews were searching for Him they met a cricket and a wasp on the road and they asked them if they saw Our Lord passing. As it happened He was only after passing and the wasp said "sndiú sndiú" [?] meaning that he passed that day. The cricket anyway did not want him to be caught and it said "snbé snbé" [?] meaning that He passed yesterday and(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Peyton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Dromada (Gore), Co. Mayo
