School: Corra-bheagáin (roll number 12206)

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   “Once upon a time there lived an old piper who had no sense.”

   

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   musician, and asked him would he go with him to a feast that was in the house of a banshee, the piper said he would. There were going until they came to a high hill. When they reached the top of the hill the little man struck his foot three times on the ground, and a great door appeared. The little knocked at the door and an old woman came and opened it, and let them in. They went into a little room, and there was a golden table in the middle of the floor, and hundreds of old women sitting round it, and they all got up and welcomed the piper and the little man. They asked the little man who was the man he had with him,

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Lynch

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortaskibbole, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Patrick Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gortaskibbole, Co. Mayo