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School: Gort an Ghainimh (roll number 16127)

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Gortaganny, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ó Cobhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0242, Page 433

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    One day Mary and her son was travelling the road and they heavy and tired and it chanced that they went past the door of a house in which there was a bag of oats being winnowed
    The Blessed Virgin went in and she asked for alms of wheat but the woman refused her. She went in again for three times but the woman refused her every time but the last time when she allowed her to put her her hand in a pail of water and thrust it down into the wheat. Our Lord said to the Our Blessed Lady "Do not let one grain of that go astray for it is worth much and much," When they had gone a bit they saw a flock of demons coming towards the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Folktales index
    AT1416: The Mouse in the Silver Jug
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloondart, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    William Seally
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonagh, Co. Roscommon