School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)
- Location:
- Baile Nua na Manach, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 521
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- My father told me the following story:-
One morning two boys went to gather nuts. They brought a bag with them and filled it up. It was dark and they coming home. They went into a graveyard to count the nuts and as they were getting in over the wall they lost two nuts and they said they would get them coming out.
They sat down to count the nuts and they were saying theres one for you and one for me and so on. As they were counting them a woman passed by the grave-yard and heard them saying theres one for you and one for me.
She waited a while and they were counting away. She went on down the road and she(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Olive Taaffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gráinseach na gCaorach, Co. Lú
