School: Caladh na Feirsde (roll number 13481/2)

Location:
Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Luain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 157

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  1. Once upon a time there lived a woman She had one son and e was a shoemaker.
    He used to work very hard every day and the money he used to make his mother spend it on food.
    One night he heard his Grandfather saying that at about eleven o'clock a fairy was seen under a tree mending shoes and that if one could catch him he would call him the place where a chrock of gold was hidden.
    The boy went off one fine moonlight night about twelve o'clock. He found the little man sitting under a tree mending a shoe.
    He caught a firm hold of the
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Stephens
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr Charles Stephens
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry