School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

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   “Once upon a time a man named Martin Leahy was going for a thatcher to come and thatch his house for him.”

   

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   it was a pig that came from some house around after him. He kept after the man and was trying to jump into the car to the man and he found out he was a fairy pig and if he touched the man he might turn him into a fairy also. The man came to a river and the fairy pig could not cross any water so he had to go around it. The next thing that happened was, that the wheel of the car fell out. He was a long trying for the lynchpen but he could not get it and he was afraid that the pig would come on and eat him. After a long time he got the lynchpen inside in the box of the wheel so he put in the wheel again. He had it just into the car again when he saw the pig again and he was roaring and the man was a good piece from the thatchers house. He made the ass go very quickly and had to cross another atream

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Con Halpin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dromin, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Tom Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Meen, Co. Kerry