School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

Location:
Baile Shéamais, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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    Once there was a woman who had four children...

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    no potatoes, she set to work to grind oats. The meal was double the right 'return'. When she went to milk the Cow, she got double the usual supply of milk. Her cow had 2 calves. Butter was twice the usual return.
    Everything on her farm increased like this so the good people paid her well for what they took and she never missed the potatoes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John J. Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corralara, Co. Ros Comáin