School: Scoil an Churnánaigh, Caisleán Nua Thiar

Location:
Newcastle, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pr. Ó Fionnmhacháin
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    daughter was her mother and she said she was in bed sick. The man said he wanted to see her. The man went into the room and he saw a woman inside in bed and she was bleeding. It was then he knew who was milking the cows.
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  2. Once upon a time there lived about one mile from Ardagh a very kind old man. His name was John McCann, more commonly known as "Uncle Mac", and he had a hump between his shoulders.
    One night as he was coming home from Ardagh he heard singing and dancing in a fort nearby. He looked in at it
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People
    Language
    English