School: Dooroc, Drumlish (roll number 13438)

Location:
Dúlrac, Co. an Longfoirt
Teacher:
Francis Kenny
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    where he was going. The cake said he could not get across the bridge. Leap up on my tail said the fox. I am afraid answered the cake. I never ate a pancake nor I would not eat you. The pancake jumped up on his tail them to his back. The fox told him to jump to his nose. The cake did do that. With that the fox eat him up.
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  2. Peter Mimnagh of Dernacross was working in a field on the side of Cairn Hill. He came to flat stone under the stone he found a little coffin about eighteen inches long and eighteen inches broad. He opened it and found a little child and it dead. That child is there one hundred years and has never rotted He closed it back down and it is to be seen to day.
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    Folktales index
    AT0326: The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Doire na Croise, Co. an Longfoirt
    Informant
    Mr Michael Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Doire na Croise, Co. an Longfoirt