School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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- Sean Manistear 11.10.38
Once upon a time there was a woodcutter. He used to go to the wood near a Monastery. He had three daughters. One day the eldest daughter said she would go with her fathers dinner.
He said that she would not get the way into where he would be. She said that she would find him.
Her father he would bring corn and shake it on the passage. He did so and the birds came down and ate up the corn. The lady was looking and looking and at last she saw a light in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tony Neary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhean, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhean, Co. Mayo
