School: Cúige na Mainseár
- Location:
- Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 144
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“Once upon a time there was a man and he was two foot and a half high.”
(continued from previous page)and each of them had a big hammer The man went on top of the building let a flag fall on top of one man and he thought it was the other man and he said to him - "If you hit me again I will hit you with this hamer and knock you dead " The other man said - "I did not hit you"
The same man let a flag fall again and the same man got it again on top of the head Then the two men began fighting and one of them got killed. The man went in to the castle and told the king that there was one of them killed already The King was delighted and he put him sitting in front of a big table and gave him his tea. After his tea he put him into a lovely bed and he slept all day long because he was up all night(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mairead Hennigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Hennigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Mayo