School: Sraithín (roll number 12808)
- Location:
- Sraheen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Croidhean
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0150, Page 163
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A Story
“There was once two women coming down a road and when they were passing by a limekiln two lambs came out and followed them until they came to their own house.”
A Story
There was once two women coming down a road and when they were passing by a limekiln two lambs came out and followed them until they came to their own house and one of them fell on a pile of mud and the other woman told her mother and the lambs went away.
- Collector
- Nellie Moran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stonehall, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs M. Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Foxford, Co. Mayo
A Story
“There was once a young boy passing by Stonehall railway bridge.”
There was once a young boy passing by Stonehall railway bridge. He sat on the battlement of the bridge smoking his pipe for a while. As he was going away he looked over the battlement and he saw a bull on the railway. As he went on a bit further a hound crossed the road before him with fire out of his tail and out of his mouth.(continues on next page)