School: Bullán (roll number 13432)
- Location:
- Bullaun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Muimhneacháin
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- An Old StoryThere once lived in Toolooban a man known as the Gobán Saor. For seven years he was nowhere to be seen. One morning he said to his wife he had a plough made of which no equal could be found. Out he went and in about ten minutes he came in and again spoke to his wife and said "I have that seven acre field ploughed". "Ah", said his wife "tis a long seven years work". Without ever saying a word he went out and broke the plough. However, he did it no one knows but he ploughed seven acres in ten minutes. The field is yet to be seen.It is a true and old saying, the tongue of a woman is too long.Patrick Flannery, Ballykerin, Bullaun Loughrea
From my Uncle Pat Ballykerin Bullaun Loughrea on the 28th Jan 1938 Age 64
- Collector
- Patrick Flannery
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballykeeran, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Pat
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballykeeran, Co. Galway
