School: Cillín
- Location:
- Killeen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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- (continued from previous page)will get married to and the man got married. It was not long till the man got sick. His wife killed a sheep for him and she boiled all the sheep for him. She ate one of quarters. When she brought him the sheep, he would not eat it till he would get the fourth quarter. He did not eat that time. He died and when he was buried three of his friends were saying a prayer over his grave. When he shouted I will eat them now if I get them. One of the women broke her foot and the other two came safe.
- Once upon a time, a man had men working for him. All the men took off their coats except one man. When he came(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Pat Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Muingrevagh, Co. Mayo
