School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 08_033
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“There was a tall man living in Aran. When he died his people could not get a habbit long enough for him.”
There was a tall man living in Aran. When he died his people could not get a habbit long enough for him. He was a very long time dead and there was a man going up the hill and he met the tall man coming down and his legs were black the man asked why were his legs black and he said his legs were in Purgatory because his people could not get a habbit long enough.
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Martin Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Tyrone, Co. Galway