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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 01_012

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    Once three old women lived in a little cottage together and they became so poor that they were almost starving.
    At length they began to steal the neighbour's foul to keep themselves from starving. Of course the neighbours thought it was the Fox that was bringing the foul on them until they noticed a big pile of feathers at the back of the cottage, then they knew the Fox that was bringing the foul.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Salmon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Deerpark West, Co. Mayo