School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 02_007

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  1. Once upon a time a man was going to a fair with a cow. He went to a friend's house the night before where there was a widow with three children. When it was time to go to bed the woman of the house told him to go to bed and she would call him in time for the fair and not to get up until she would call him.
    In the morning he wakened early but he did not get up. He waited for a long time and she did not call him. Then he got up and found the children sitting round the fire and he asked "Where is your mother?" "She is gone to the fair with your cow" they replied. The man
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Martin Ansbro
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Dooros, Co. Mayo