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    house, saw her and said to his mother "you oughtn't to give that woman lodging. she isn't an honest woman" The woman of the house asked her what did she hide i the straw, and the Mayo woman up and told her the whole story form beginning to end. So they gave her lodging, and at dawn of day, the Mayo woman got up and took the bag from the hay stack, went and performed her station at Tubbermurry well, and carried the bag in her arms all the time while she was doing her station.
    Tubbermurry well is about one mile from Elphin, in the parish of Elphin, barony of Roscommon and Co. Roscommon.
    Miss Nora Connor (84)
    Raheen,
    Elphin
    Alphonsus Rushe.
    Shankil.
    Elphin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alphonsus Rushe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shankill, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Miss Nora Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Raheen, Co. Roscommon