School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 409
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- Once upon a time and old woman sent her husband to gather sticks on a Saturday evening. He went to the wood and sat down by a river. Then he went home and went to bed unknown to his wife. On Sunday morning he arose and went to the woods to gather sticks. As he was returning home with a bundle of sticks on his back, he heard a voice calling: "remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day". He looked up and he saw a man in the moon. Immediately he was taken up into the moon and he is there yet. That is the punishment he got(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Cusack
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Mhistéil, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Cusack
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 45
