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 137
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- (continued from previous page)get flogged for letting her disturb me. What brings you here, your old sinner” says he to the poor woman.
“O, please, your majesty, don’t take my ‘Taiofin’ from me, for if you do, there’ll be no one to give me a decent burial.”
“And who the devil may ‘Taiofin’ be?”
“O, your majesty, he’s the one that’s to cut your hair to morrow, and I’ll never be seeing him alive again at all, at all”
“Call the sentry”, cried the king to his page.
“Please, your majesty, his gone to see the flogging.”
“It doesn’t please me that he should take the liberty. Call the steward then.”
“Sir, he’s gone too”
“Then call the guards”.
“O Sir, they’re all getting flogged.”
“Well, begone” he says to the woman, “since I cannot give you the chastisement you deserve. You shall have your boy back safe and sound, but if ever I set eyes on you again, I’ll hang you.”(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Ralph
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Lackie
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
