School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 03_002

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 03_002

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    Once upon a time a little boy was coming home from school. It was a very bad day in winter and it was raining heavily.
    As he was passing by a house on the way home the woman of the house brought him in.
    Beside the fire there was a pot of potatoes for the dinner. The little boy began laughing at the pot. After a while the woman asked him what he was laughing at and he said that he was laughing at the queer words that were written on the pot. The woman herself
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora O Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyballinaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Philomena Dawson
    Gender
    Female