School: Athboy (B.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Domhnalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 010
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- Once upon a time there lived a boy in the country named Jim Smith. He was a shoemaker by trade. He was a very lazy boy and did not want to work. One night when Jim and his father were sitting at the fire side Jim asked his father to tell him a story. The father lit his pipe and told Jim a story about faries. Jim listened very quietly to the story. His father began the story and said if you were out around a hill on a night when the moon would be shining bright you would hear the fairies hammering and tapping at shoes. The father told Jim that if he ever saw a fairy to catch him if(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Mc Clorey
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Dan Mc Clorey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath
