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School: Baile Uí Dhuibh, Kilmeaden (roll number 13636)

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Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Caitlín Madders
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0650, Page 257

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  1. How the Pig Came into Being

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    How the pig came into being
    This is the story that I heard l
    about how a pig came first into
    the world.
    Long ago when Saint Brigid
    had all the leavings left after the
    meals she was very sorry because
    she nothing to eat them.
    So she prayed to Our Lord and
    He appeared to her and told her
    to put a piece of meat under a basin
    and in the morning she would find
    something under it.
    So Brigid did this one night and
    in the morning she looked in under
    it and a little animal jumped out
    from under it which they called a pig.
    Taken down from -
    Mr Michael Murphy.
    Kilmagemogue,
    KIlmeaden,
    Co. Waterford.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Michael Murphy
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmoyemoge East, Co. Waterford