School: Carra
- Location:
- An Cairthe, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 368
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- Once upon a time there was a man and his wife and they had nothing to eat. They left home to seek their fortune. The man told his wife to pull the door out after her. She pulled it after her on the road. When night came on they were passing through a wood. They went up on a tree and brought the door with them resting for the night. During the night there came a band of robbers and bags of gold with them. Where did they camp but right under the tree where the old pair were resting. After a while she got tired holding the door and at last she let it go. It made a terrible noise going down. When the robbers heard the noise up over them they thought it was the old boy himself(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Jordan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- An Cairthe, Co. Mhaigh Eo
