School: Mainistir Phádraig Naofa (roll number 1016)

Location:
Market Street, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An Br Anselm
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0084, Page 181

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  1. There was once a man who did not believe in putting a piece of red cloth and a wax candle on a cow's tail when she would have a calf. One night one of his cows had a calf so he got up and went out to see the calf. As he was going into the field where the cow was he saw a lot of little men playing hurling with golden swords. When they would get in each others way they would start fighting. When the man saw all the blood he began to get weak. Then he fainted and his hand fell on a magic lamp that was buried in the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Conneely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Market Street, Co. Galway