School: Coiscéim (B.) (roll number 3886)
- Location:
- Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 070
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- There was an old woman living in Doon. She had a son and he had a hump on his back He had a rope and he used to go gathering sticks. He met a fairy and he asked him to raise the sticks on his back When he went home he had no hump.
There was another woman living in Doon. She had a son and he had a hump on his back. He too went out gather sticks. He met a fairy and he asked him to raise the sticks on his back. When he went home he had two humps on his back.
- Collector
- Tim Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Tim Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
