School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn
- Location:
- Callan, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 133
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- (continued from previous page)right bank of the Kings River lower bridge street Callan and they call it the moat and it is supposed to be inhabited by fairys their was a certain man who had a hump on his back he had a few drinks taking and he said he would go over and lie on the Moat, he was a good singing and he sung a few songs the fairy's came out and brought him in before the queen and she was so pleased with his singing they reliefed him of his hump he new a friend of the same ailment as himself he told him to go over to the Moat and sing a song and he would get rid of his hump the poor fellow was a bad singer and the only song he new was "a - long - long(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Bergin
- Gender
- Male
