School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 198

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There was a man there once and there was a fort near his house.

There was a man there once and there was a fort near his house. He was every night dreaming that there was gold in the forth. He had not the courage to go digging for it. He went to town one night and got half drunk and he bought a spade and he said he would dig the forth to night. He went to the forth that night and started digging. He had a good size of a hole made. He drove down the spade this time

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Collector
Peg Barry
Gender
female
Address
Derry, Co. Kerry
Informant
William Walsh
Gender
male
Address
Derry, Co. Kerry
Language
English