School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.) (roll number 13631)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 076
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- A long time ago there lived a baker named Power. he lived in Swinford and had a big baking house. In this house there were many hiding places in which soldiers used to hide. This man did not like men to hide in his house. One day when the man was baking he heard a knock at the door. The baker opened the door and who should he see but a soldier. The soldier asked the baker if he could stay in the house a week and he would giv ehim a hundred pound The baker said he would and he told the soldier come at nine-o-clock. The man went away and the baker returned to his work but there was another tap at the door. The baker said "Come in at ten o clock." When the soldier went away another soldier came and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Aidan Hennigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowcushlaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Nally
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowcushlaun, Co. Mayo
