School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)
- Location:
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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- (continued from previous page)to himself, "I will go into this house to light my pipe"
When he entered the house an old woman was sitting in the corner and three men sitting round the fire.
The four of them was very friendly with him and wanted him to have tea, but he refused to have it.
The woman said to him. "Do you remember the day when you remember the day when you broke my leg with a stick?"
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“There was a gentleman long years ago and he was so rich that he bought a castle.”
There was a gentleman long years ago and he was so rich that he bought a castle. but he could not live in it with noise that he used to hear every night. so, a poor man came to look for work and he said he would give him a hundred pounds if he would stop in the castle that night.
so, he accepted the offer and the man locked him up in the castle with plenty of refreshment for the(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mrs Margaret Buckley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Ballycloghduff (Grogan), Co. Westmeath
