School: Kilkitt
- Location:
- Kilkit, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Baoighealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 077
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- One time there was an old woman who had one daughter. This woman used to visit her friends every day. She had one sister who had no children. This sister was very sad. One evening an old beggar woman came into the house and the sister was crying.
This woman asked her why she was crying. The said that the reason was because she had no children and her sister had. The beggar woman told her to eat two wall-flowers in the morning.
This sister did as she was told. When she arose the next(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickatee, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Peter Ward
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrickatee, Co. Monaghan
