School: West Waterford Branch I.N.T.O (roll number n/a)
- Location:
- Cois Abha Móire agus Cois Bhríde, Co. Phort Láirge
- Teacher: James Cashman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0640, Page 64
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- (continued from previous page)would come to the homes. They also recite prayers and hang ribbons on a tree which grows by.
- It is said that there once lived a widow in a little house near the Teamparllin (in Camphire district). She was very poor and often had little or nothing to eat.
One day she was very hungry so she went to a farmer's house nearby. These people were very wealthy and owned several farms throughout the country. The poor widow asked the woman of the house for food but the farmer's wife refused her. As the widow turned bitterly away she said that a day would come when there would not be one of this family in Camphire. Slowly but surely the widow's curse was being fulfilled(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Cashman
- Gender
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