School: Breaffy (roll number 15555)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Catháin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 247

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 247

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Breaffy
  2. XML Page 247
  3. XML “The Woman and the Pig”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Once upon a time an old woman was sweeping a floor. As she was sweeping she found a sixpence. She said to herself, that she would buy a pig. She went to the fair and bought the pi. When she was coming home, she had to cross a stream and the pig would not cross for her.
    She looked round and she saw a dog, and she said. "Dog, dog, bite the pig and put it across the stream" but the dog would not bite the pig. She looked round again and saw a stick and she called
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT2030: The Old Woman and her Pig
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Naughton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Breaghwy, Co. Mayo