School: Druim Caoin
- Location:
- Drumkeen, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán A. Ó hArthaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1101, Page 176
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- A Story
Once upon a time, there lived in Tyrcallen a man called Tom Mc Ginley. He was going to the fair of Letterkenny to buy a horse and he had no time-piece. The moon was shining and he thought it was near day.
He started, but it always got darked from when he left home. He walked on until he saw a light. He went into the house. He saw a little man sitting on one side of the fire and a little woman on the other. His feet were wet and he took off his boots to dry them.
The man says, "Tom McGinley could you tell me a tale or a story" Tom says. "I never learned a tale or a story". The man lifted Tom's shoe and threw it out of the door. He said, "follow that and when you come back you'll be able to tell both a take and a story". Sometime after this the little woman repeated the same words, and Tom gave her some as before, and she lifted his other shoe and did the same.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Teevickmoy, Co. Donegal
