School: Moycarkey, Thurles
- Location:
- Moycarky, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Michael Myers
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0553, Page 272
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“Once upon a time there were a couple of boys fishing in a river.”
(continued from previous page)he got into the carriage with her. He told her She asked him to wish by the virtue of his briken there were out of this, so he wished. When tehy were out he wished he was the king, and he was.
After ruling for a few years a fight arose in that place and he was being defeated, so he wished that he would win the fight, and the following day every one of his enemies was slain.
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“One evening about sixty years ago a man was coming home from a neighbour's house...”
One evening about sixty years ago a man was coming home from a neighbour's house in Graigue, parish of Moycarkey, wit a spindle of the old time spinning wheel.
It was late evening, and darkness was falling, when he saw a very tiny man with a cap and coat.
He followed him because he knew(continues on next page) - Collector
- Dan Fanning
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballytarsna (Hackett), Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Joseph Fanning
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballytarsna (Hackett), Co. Tipperary