School: Mell, Mell N. School, Drogheda (roll number 855)
- Location:
- Mell, Co. Louth
- Teacher: E. Ní Cholmáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 075
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- There was a beggar long ago. He got a grain of beans from a woman. He went to another house and gave it to a woman to keep A hen ate the beans He said the hen was his and took it He left a hen in another house. A pig ate the hen he said the pig was his then he left the pig in another house A horse broke the pig's legs and he said the horse was his. He tied the horse in another and a a girl let it go. He said he'd take the girl away then. The woman of the house said she'd put the girl in a bag. She put a white dog instead. He went away when he opened the bag the dog ran home He had nothing then becuse he was too selfish.
- Collector
- Treasa Ward
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Mell, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Saint Joseph's Terrace, Co. Louth
