School: Bundoracha (roll number 14331)

Location:
Bundorragha, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Siúbhán Bean Uí Bhúrca
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    mother on his back next day and he brought a few sticks with him also and he put the old woman standing beside a well near the town and put the stick under her arms to keep her standing and he went into a house then and he said that he left his mother out side at the well and a girl said that she would go out for her. When the girl went out she took the old woman by the arm and she fell down into the well and the girl ran in and told them what had happened. Dannil said "is it my mother you have drowned" and he began to cry. The man in the (house) house gave him five or six big cattle and also a
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Niaidh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pádhraig O' Niaidh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Bundorragha, Co. Mayo