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School: Shountrade, Adare (roll number 6657)

Location:
Shantraud, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 079a

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  1. A Potato and Its Message

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    A Potato and its message.
    About seventy years ago, a man was working for a farmer in this district. In the fall of the year, the work was finished and the farmer asked him if he would dig up a fort in his land. The workman said that he would tell him on the next day if he would dig the fort. When he was going home he got a potato, he placed it on top of his hat and put them into the fort. He asked the King of the fairies, if it would be pleasing to him that he should dig up the fort and if so, he begged a sign that the fairies would take the potato off the hat.
    He went home. Soon afterwards the crows came and ate the potato. In the morning when the potato was gone the man thought the fairies wished him to dig the fort.
    He started digging
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kinevane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuogh, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Hugh O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Tuogh, Co. Limerick