School: Ashfort (B.), Ráthluirc

Location:
Ashford, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Muiris Ó Mathúna
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  1. Jacky the Lantern
    There was a little man there long ago, and his name was Jacky the Lantern; he was about five feet in height. He was a littel cobler and he lived in a little house and he was very wicked. He would leave no one in. One Xmas night the Blessed Virgin came to the door, it was a very wet night. She knocked at the door and he asked who was there, and she told him who was there. He had pity for her after a long time, and he left her in. When she was going in the morning she said she woud give him three gifts. First was that he would live a happy life. Second was that he would live a holy life, and third was that he woud go to heavne when he would die. He siad they were not what he wnated at all. First he said there is a tool box over there and anyone that would go near it would stick to it until he
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