School: Scropul, Mullach (roll number 8241)

Location:
Drummin, Co. Clare
Teacher:
M. Ó Callanáin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0623, Page 254

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0623, Page 254

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Scropul, Mullach
  2. XML Page 254
  3. XML “A Story”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. 254
    A Story
    Some years ago there lived in the parish of Cill Mac Dubháin an old woman and her son.The son got married but the old woman and her daughter in law never agree.All went well until the old woman died .The young woman got a servant girl to help her.But it happened that the man and his wife and servant went to Mass one Sunday and locked the door.When they came back there was milk spilled around the house and they didn't know what it.They same thing happened every time they left the house without some one minding it,the milk and cream used be spilled presses used be opened and all sorts of harm done .One day they were making hay and the girl went in to make tea.As soon as she
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownagry South, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Tom Cotter
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Carrownagry South, Co. Clare