School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 404
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- Gobán Saor had only one son. He proposed to get him married. He thought the best way for to get a good wife was to send him out with the craicaenn agus an olann""
He sent him through the country and told him to bring home the "craiceann agus a luach."
He went away several days, and he used to meet girls that would buy skin, and the wool, and he could not give it to them, because he wanted to bring home the skin and the price of the wool to his father.
He went out this day and he met the girl that plucked the wool off the skin, and gave the skin, and price of the wool to him.
When he came home, the father asked him would he know the girl? and he said he would.
So he arranged to get him married(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tooreen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James Goulding
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathlackan, Co. Mayo
