School: Mainistir Phádraig Naofa (roll number 1016)
- Location:
- Market Street, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An Br Anselm
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0084, Page 192
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- There was a woman long ago in the country who got married to a man who was very rich. The man died and left all his money to his wife. The wife was a miser and her daughter was very sick. This day the miser was churning milk when two women were passing by and they said that they would like some milk. One of them said that the woman was a miser so the other woman said the best thing to do was to turn themselves into flies. So they did and they went into the house and sucked the milk that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Lee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mary Street, Co. Galway
- Informant
- J. J. Hopkins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mary Street, Co. Galway
