School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc

Location:
Charleville, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An Br. Ó Móráin
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  1. A long time ago, on the road to Limerick an old woman and her son lived. They lived all alone in a log cabin made by her son. He tilled a garden at the back of the house for his mother. He grew some vegetables for his mother in the garden.
    One night he had a very funny dream. He dreamt that he was tilling the garden for his mother when some fairies came over the garden wall. They took him before their Queen. The Queen asked him his name. He said his name was Richard Power. The fairy Queen told
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O' Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Denis O' Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Harrison's Place, Co. Cork