School: St Boden's, Culdaff
- Location:
- Cúil Dabhcha, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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- (continued from previous page)came from . They found that it came from a rock and they called "who is in there" and a voice called "follow the way you are going and you will know". So they followed the road the wee man appeared to them again. He told them not to go back to school again and would get a reward. They asked him who lived in the rock over there. He told them that was where he lived. So they went on their way until they were out of the wood. One of the boys obeyed the wee man but the other did not obey. One day the wee boy that obeyed was sitting at the fire when a bagful of silver fell down the chimney and he was always rich after that but the boy that did not obey was poor all the days of his life.
- Collector
- John Joe Mc Grory
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Peter Mc Grory
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
