School: Sraithín (roll number 12808)
- Location:
- Sraheen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Croidhean
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0150, Page 150
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“There was once two boys in a house and one of them went to a raffle and when he was gone the other boy put a sheet round him and lay at the graveyard and when the other boy was passing by the graveyard he frightened him and the other boy kept going and th”
There was once two boys in a house and one of them went to a raffle and when he was gone the other boy put a sheet round him and lay at the graveyard and when the other boy was passing by the graveyard he frightened him and the other boy kept going and the boy that frightened him could not leave the place he was in and he died at the but of the graveyard.
A Story
“There was once two famers who had two brood mares grazing on a farm and it happened that both mares foaled the same night on the farm.”
There was once two farmers who had two brood mares grazing on a farm and it happened that both mares foaled the same night on the farm and it happened that one of the foals died and both mares tired to claim the foal that lived and the men went to law and the judge could not settle the case between the two men and the judge was going along the road one day and a lot of school boys were out at play and one of the boys went up on a tree and gathered the rest of his mates(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bridget Brogan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Foxford, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Coleman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballinlag, Co. Mayo