School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 045

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Once upon a time there was a man who was working in the Dulieve mountain. He was making stacks with his brother, and he said "if he had wings he could fly like a bird". So next day he got two wings of a goose and put them on him. He went up on the stack again and he said to his brother that he was, flying for Australia, and he flew from the top of the stack a small bit and fell down and broke his two legs.

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Once upon a time, there was a man and he was shooting at the foot of the Dunliave Mountain it was late in the night and he lost his way, and there was a lady came along, old people call her the [?] and he said to her he could not find his way

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Collector
Mary Walsh
Gender
female
Address
Riverstick, Co. Cork
Informant
James Walsh
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Address
Riverstick, Co. Cork
Language
English