School: Fearglass (roll number 15616)

Location:
Fearglass South, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 403

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 403

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    Once upon a time a poor widow and her children were cutting turf on the bog.

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    woman asked him to go up and stir the porridge and he said, "go up yourself" when he got her up stirring the porridge he knocked her into the boiler, and he boiled her with the porridge. Then he went to a room and it was full of gold and silver, and in another room he found fighting weapons, and he stood there as long as he lived.
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  2. Once upon a time there was an old woman who lived near Dublin. She had one son who was a very wild boy named Jack. The Lord Mayor of the city used to be out walking and on his way he passed Jack's every day.
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    Folktales index
    AT0570: The Rabbit‑herd
    AT1539: Cleverness and Gullibility
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angela Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gubadorris, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick Reilly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gubadorris, Co. Leitrim