School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)
- Location:
- Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Ghormáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 315
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- Once upon a time, a widow woman was going to a fair with a pig. In her way she met a witch who said, "Good morning Ma'am. Are you going to the fair."
"I am" she said "and I have only one pig and that is all I have in the world."
"Well" said the old witch "when you are crossing that stream in front of you, hit the pig and see what will happen."
The old woman hit the pig with a weed that was growing in the stream, and when she arrived on the far side she discovered that she had two pigs.
She went to the fair and sold her two pigs for a good price. The man that bought them was going home and he had to cross a stream. When he got the far side he noticed that he had only one pig, and a weed growing up in the middle of the stream.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tully, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tully, Co. Leitrim
