School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)mother lived with her two sons and a daughter. The daughter died. The poor old mother was paralized. The very night the daughter was buried the sheep-stealers came to the grave-yard and made a fire to roast a stolen sheep. One of the sons saw the fire and came in to tell his mother. The poor old mother frightened that perhaps it was her daughter's spirit that was at the fire, "Go over and speak to the person who is at the fire" said she to her son. "We won't indeed" said the boys. "Well" said she, "Bring me and I shall speak to her.
They rolled a blanket round her and carried her out.
When they were approaching the fire(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
