School: Porturlan
- Location:
- Porturlan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Tiernan
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- Once a Glangevlin man was talking to an old thatcher. The Angelus bell rang and the thatcher struck his breast and said
'' The Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. '' as that seemed to be all he knew.The Glangevlin man thought he would have a joke with him and asked '' Do you know from what country the Blessed Virgin came, Paddy? ''
'' I don't know, but she was not a Glangevlin woman anyway '' was the answer.(continues on next page) - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Annie Mc Manus
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gorteen, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs M.A. Mc Manus
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Gorteen, Co. Cavan