School: Cnoc Crochaire (roll number 4955)

Location:
Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Brian Ó hUidhir
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  1. Once there was an old soldier named Dick Scot who lived in Churchboro. He went out foreign. He was out where the volcanoes are to see them and he went to a big house to get the loan of a frying pan. He met a man at the door and asked him and the man told him to ask his father. He went into the house and asked him. The man told him to go into the room and ask his father. He went into the room and there was a man in bed, he told him what he wanted. The man wondered and asked him where he came from. He said he
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    Folktales index
    AT0726: The Oldest on the Farm
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen English
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corboley, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Furey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Churchboro, Co. Roscommon