School: Baile Uí Fhiacháin
- Location:
- Newport, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: T. Ó Ceallaigh
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- Once upon a time there lived in Louisburgh a very old and furious woman. Her name was Caitlín. Every month she used to collect a penny of every person that was in a special sodality. This money was given to a priest to say a mass for the sodality. Caitlín had a sister married to a drunkard. One night he was so drunk that the people thought that he would die. Caitlín came to the house and was saying prayers at his bedside when, She saw a man at the foot of the bed. She kept on praying as she thought it was a neighbour. Then she began to get afraid(continues on next page)
