School: Urlár
- Location:
- Urlaur, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 358
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- Once upon a time a woman named Mrs. Sharkey was minding cattle near Orlar Abbey. She saw a little man making a pair of shoes. She crept down towards him and when she was within a yard of him she caught a hold of him and put him into her apron.
She was about bring him home when he said in wonderous words. This is the words he said. "O look at the mountains they are all in fire." The woman looked at the mountains but they were not in fire.
The woman looked into her apron but the little man was gone. So you see the Lepreachán was playing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tommy Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Urlaur, Co. Mayo
