School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. There was a tailor once in our village called Johnny Mac Guire and he used to go from house to house making clothes. This day he left a house before dinner time and went to another house and they had the dinner eaten. When he was a while working he got hungry and when he saw no sign of the dinner he went out to the field poking with a stick and the woman of the house asked him what he was looking for. And he said he
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Annie Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyhean, Co. Mayo