School: Grange (roll number 3759)

Location:
Grange, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 212

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    Mungo Park's, "Travels in Africa", that a native woman said about him after he was captured by blacks:-
    "Pity the poor white man."
    "He has no wife to grind his corn."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The extravagant wife 22-11-1938
    Once upon a time there lived a man who had a very extravagant wife. This man and his wife had very little means. In the end they had (onely) only the makings of a few bannocks of bread. The man told his wife to make a few scones of the meal to prolong the time til God would send them more.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT1386: Meat as Food for Cabbage
    AT1541: For the Long Winter
    AT1653: The Robbers under the Tree
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Gilmartin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Grange, Co. Sligo