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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 05_013

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    There was once three men out in a boat, a Tailor, a Soldier, a Sailor.
    They were out in the deep when a storm commenced. The three men thought they would be drowned, so they were very frightened.
    None of the three men could pray, because they had not prayed since the were children. At last the Tailor sat up in the boat and said, "O' Lord, I have not bothered you for seven years and if you save me now I shall not bother you for another seven." (Ater) After some
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prospect, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Prospect, Co. Mayo