School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Cill Átha Chroim, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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  1. My father told me this story, it happened in Cork.
    Once a upon a time a boy went to sell butter to a far off place and stayed that night. He went out walking and met two men on his way. They told him that a mayor had died that day and that they would go to the place to where he was. So they went and found him. They send in the boy to the tomb and told him to open it. The first thing he met was too bits of paper and he took them out and put them down near him. Then he took out the other things. He brought them out to the men and when the men got the things
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Mhathghamhna
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Mahoney
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inis Mór, Co. Chiarraí