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School: Carn an Ríogh (roll number 11619)

Location:
Carrownree, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Éamonn Mac Énrí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0531

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    and stuck his finger into the mans eye and knocked the eye out of his head.
    That did not run the fairies, they stayed with the man for two years. The day they were going they said that they would not leave until they would get an eye for the mans head. One of the fairies spied a cat and they took the eye out of her head and stuck it into the mans head. So every time when the man would see a rat or a mouse, he would run after them because he had the cats eye.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pronsíos Mac Canna
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrownree, Co. Sligo