School: Dealgain (roll number 11770)
- Location:
- Dealgain, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Breandán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0041, Page 163
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- (continued from previous page)will be cured.So the man under the barrrel went to the well and got the water and when she drank she was cured. So she gave him much money and then he was very rich. He got married to a lady with a very big pension and then he was richer So one day he met a man who knew him before and asked him where did you get all the money that you seem to have. Well I will tell you if you promise me you will not tell anyone else, and then he told him the secret and he did the same thing. He went under the barrel and when the cat came out to tell the other man he said "I will not tell you" because there was some one listening the last time and one of the small cats said "Let's search under everywhere first" and they had searched everywhere but had not searched under the barrel. So one of the cats said "We did not look under the barrel. He looked under the barrel and they found the an under it they pulled him out and skined him and hung him up on a tree.
- Informant
- Mrs Kirrane
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Baile an Mhuilinn, Co. na Gaillimhe
