School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

Location:
Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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    Once there was a woman who had four children...

    Once there was a woman who had four children: her husband had gone to America to earn money. On the farm there was a fort, and in it she planted her crop, because it was a sheltery place.
    When they were big enough she dug them for the dinner. One day when she went out as usual, she found all the potatoes dug and the track of little feet all over the ridges. She said "much good do them, with them. They might want them more than me".
    That pleased the good people, so after that everything prospered and doubled with her. As she had
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John J. Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corralara, Co. Roscommon