School: Tuar an Fhíona, Cluain Meala

Location:
Tooraneena, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Gearóid Ó Coindealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0647, Page 280

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    and after this the farmer and his wife were very rich and had all they needed.
    About a year afterwards they came again and the farmer's wife wouldn't let them in so they walked away. When the farmer came home he heard them talking about the two people. He went after them but they had found shelter in a neighbour's house.
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  2. A poor man was walking along the road. He saw a farmer in a field. He asked the farmer for a penny but was refused. The man went until he came to a small house. He went in and asked for a penny. The woman had only two half-pennies which she gave him. Next morning the woman, having got up, was surprised to see a shilling on the window.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
          1. the Holy Family (~429)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig Teidhirs
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahernaleague, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Dúnaighe
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford