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School: Sraithín (roll number 13617)

Location:
Sraheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088C, Page 14_002

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    There was once a widow lived in a backward village. She had three sons, the times were bad, and the sons lived on killing wild animals, but they were not satsified with this. One day the eldest said he would go to earn his living, that night his mother baked two cakes, a big cake, and a small one. The big one for himself, and the small one for to give to any hungry creature. So in the morning he set off and he went his way asking everyone he met for work, or could they
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighid Nic Ginn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tonlegee, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tomás Mach Ginn
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tonlegee, Co. Mayo