School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 402
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- (continued from previous page)was under a tree. He went home for a spade and when he came back the fairy was gone. He dug under a tree and he found a box and in the box there was a hammer and an awl and a last and a piece of paper and on the paper this was written: "This is the means of earning money". So he went home and worked hard at his work and earned a lot of money. The people who were fighting long ago are supposed to have built the raths. Some of the Danes were connected with them. There(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eugene Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Doire Longáin, Co. Meath
