School: St Brigid's, Castleknock

Location:
Castleknock, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Mrs Thornton
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    Once upon a time there was a little girl and she had got no hair on her head.

    Once upon a time there was a little girl and she had got no hair on her head.. All the children called her turnip head. One day they were all calling her turnip head and she was crying a priest came along and he asked her what she was crying for and she told him he said come in her with me my child and they won't call you turnip head any more. So he brought the little girl into the Church with him and said a lot of prayers over her and the next morning the little girl had a beautiful head of fair hair.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Mrs Connolly
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonsilla, Co. Dublin