School: Árd Caorthainn (roll number 15217)
- Location:
- Ardkeeran, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 229
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Once upon a time there lived a very poor man, in whose garden there was a fort. One day, he was digging in the garden and when he came to where the fort was he dug it.
He was not long digging until a fairy came out of the fort and said. "Why are you digging my house?" The man said he was very poor and he wanted to set some potatoes.(continues on next page)
