School: Killyon (roll number 7120)
- Location:
- Killyon, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Fithceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 363
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“Once upon a time there was an old woman who lived on the top of Leig a Houra hill in Ballinlig.”
Written by Lillie Coyne,
Ballinlig,
Hill of Down,
Co. Meath.Told by Joseph Coyne,
Ballinlig,
Hill of Down,
Co. Meath.Once upon a time there was an old woman who lived on the top of Leig a Houra hill in Ballinlig. A man who lived over at the Lake of Croboy had a very good greyhound. He used to go down to the bottoms of Ballinlig to get a hunt for his dog and every time he went down he would rise a hare and the hare always took the same course to the top of Leig a Houra called Nellie hill because the woman that lived in the house her name was Nellie. Every time(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lillie Coyne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlig, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Joseph Coyne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlig, Co. Meath