School: Doire / Derrew (roll number 14624)

Location:
Na Doiriú, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Caitlín Bean Uí Maolalaidh
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  1. Once upon a time there lived in a small house an old man and an old woman and they were very poor, and there lived a rich man beside them.
    After a few years the old woman died and the man had no money to bury her.
    He then thought of a plan when he got the rich man asleep he put the dead woman standing at the door and when the man opened the door the woman fell in on the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cluain Aodha, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Mary Gibbons
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cluain Aodha, Co. Mhaigh Eo