School: Calry (roll number 10473)
- Location:
- Colgagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Róisín Mhig Ualghairg
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- (continued from previous page)Wife and they decided to keep watch that night. At the same hour the little pig did the very same as he did the night before. The man jumped up to him and threw the pig skin into the bed. “Get out” he said to the little man, and give me my pig.”
The little man said he would not until he got his skin. After a long argument he went back to the fort and drove back the pig.
The little man ran up the chimney and from that day to this sight nor light has not been seen or heard of him
Told by
Annie Cullen
Calry
Sligo
- Collector
- Annie Cullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Calry, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Cullen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Calry, Co. Sligo
