School: Páirc na Rian (C.), Rampark, Jenkinstown (roll number 4882)

Location:
Rampark, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0660, Page 215

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0660, Page 215

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  1. Once upon a time a certain man lived in a house on the mountainside in Annaloughan. He used to attend every dance in the parish and go to ceilidhes also. He had a companion who lived in Cooley and who him in all his rambles. Both of them had ugly humps which they despised very much because they spoiled all their beauty! One night there was a dance
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Dhiarmada
    Gender
    Female