School: Más an Easa (C.) (roll number 14776)
- Location:
- Masiness, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cholchuin
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- (continued from previous page)The shoemaker said "O God I did not ask anything from you for seven years and if you save me now I won't bother you for another seven years.Nora McGinley, Creeslough. This story was told to me by
Hannah McGinley, Creeslough, aged 71 years.
- Once upon a time there lived a woman and a man. They were misers. When people came to work they did not get enough to eat.
About this time there was a rich man. He was not like the man and woman because he gave poor people money and everyone loved him because he was so kind. His name was Paddy Gallagher.
The woman and the man kept their money under the floor. Every night they would get up to count the money.
Paddy said he would give ten pounds to the person that could play a trick on the man and woman.
There was another man named(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nora Mc Ginley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creeslough, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Bernard Mc Ginley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Creeslough, Co. Donegal
