School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 030
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- (continued from previous page)All the money from Dunkirk to Belgrade would not buy the table on which Tom's father ate his dinner and the towel in which he wiped his mouth was thrown away never to be used again".
Needless to say, Mr Wall was over-joyed. He gave his daughter one thousand pounds as a dowry and then Tom and his wife came to Ireland. They built a mansion with Mrs. Tom's "fortune" and lived happy ever afterwards.
- Once upon a time there lived an old woman and an old man. They were very poor and they had to earn their living by cutting logs in the wood every day. One(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Attracta O' Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glen, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Savage
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Glen, Co. Sligo
