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School: Ballybay (B.) (roll number 1860)

Location:
Cornaseer, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Nualláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269, Page 037

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    Once upon a time a man and his wife lived together in the village of Purts. The old man got sick and the woman was lamenting and pretending to be very sorry for him, she used to say that it was a pity it was not herself that was sick instead of him. The boys outside heard her and they thought of a plan to frighten her, they plucked a turkeycock alive and put him in the door of the house where the two people lived. The turkeycock ran towards the woman and she thought it was death coming to take her so she pointed to the man, shouting, "Féach an buchaill" so that death would take the man before it took herself.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh Morris
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ports, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs William Leonard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ports, Co. Roscommon