School: Scoil Bhríde, Liosceannúir
- Location:
- Liscannor, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Dónall Ó Seasnáin
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“The story teller above named said that she rememberd her grandfather...”
The storyteller above named said that she remembered her grandfather saying that in this parish there was once a man who promised St. Martin that he would kill one of his pigs and spill its blood in his honour. When St. Martin's day came; the man got ready to go to the market with his pigs: forgetting; of course; his promise to St. Martin. As he was about to remove the pigs into the car a voice at the back door was heard to say:
Mist Máirtín fuireann-fionn a cuireann dúil i ngach feoil; mara mar bhuigheann tuse to mhuc breac: marbhóchaidh mise do mhac tóne
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- Máire Ní Chuluáirthe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kineilty, Co. Clare