School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)
- Location:
- Ganty, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0248
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An Old Story
“There was a shoemaker mending shoes one day when a man walked in to him.”
There was a shoe-maker mending shoes one day when a man walked in to him. And the man gave him a book and said "I can change myself into a black pig and change into a man again if you read this book." When he changed himself into a black pig the shoemaker burned the book. The pig ran out the door grunting and ran through the fields. And ran into a public house where three men drinking porter and froth fell out of his mouth into the porter and ever since there is froth in the porter.
The pig ran out the door again, ran into a three corner field and he was killed there, and ever since(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Callanan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Craughwell, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Callanan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Craughwell, Co. Galway