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School: Cloran (roll number 5282)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0312

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0312

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    One night as Thomas Rynd of Killodoran was going home from a "ceilide" in a neighbours house. He was taking a short cut home through the fields. When he crossed a stile from one field into another, he saw a number of little men dressed in green, with long pointed hats on them kicking football.
    As he had to pass through that field to reach his home, he was passing the little men when one of them ran over with the ball to him and said "Kick this" and he wishing to get the little man out of his way kicked it, then he found that he could not leave the field until the game was over, so he kept on playing with them.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Pearóid
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Addinstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs A. Perry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Addinstown, Co. Westmeath