School: Puttore (roll number 15149)
- Location:
- Pottore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Leanna Ní Ghafraidh (Cafferty)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0223, Page 195
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- (continued from previous page)man, woman and girl saying a boot of gold was too much for the boy. When all was gone to bed, the boy got up, and went off without any gold and as he was going he stuck a piece of paper in the thatch of the house and then went away.
The next morning the girl got up to put down the fire, when she entered the kitchen she began to dance. The mother heard her dancing and said when she'd go down she'd put an end to it. She came down and as soon as she entered the kitchen she started to dance. Then the father came down to put an end to it, and he began to dance, and they danced away for a long time.
There were three tailors living near that house and one of them came to that house for some salt and when the tailor entered the kitchen he began to dance. After a whle the second tailor came to see what happened the first fellow, and as soon as he entered the house he too began to dance.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Leonna Ní Gafraid
- Gender
- Female
