School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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- Long ago there lived a man name, Anthony Murphy. He lived in Sandyhill. He was a great story teller. He told great stories. He told a great long story about a king who lived in Ireland long ago.
The king made a law that every old man over sixty years of age should be put on to death. The kings orders were carried out & all the old men over sixty years of age were burned, but one old wise escaped(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tony Neary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhean, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Edward Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhean, Co. Mayo
