School: Baile Mhic Citheóla (roll number 14759)
- Location:
- Ballymackeehola, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Giolla Bharraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0145, Page 186
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“About fifty or sixty years ago there lived a fairly old woman named Peggy Gaughan.”
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“About 80 years ago there lived in Ballycastle a man whose name was Minister Burke.”
About 80 years ago there lived in Ballycastle a man whose name was Minister Burke. He was very bad to the Catholics and to the poor. Any old clothes he would have he would make a pile of them in the apple-garden. This was going on for some years and then it came to pass that when the fruit was in full bloom there was a wasp on all the fruit in the garden. The occupant of the(continues on next page)