School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)
- Location:
- Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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- Once upon a time there lived a girl called Mary Farrell. One day she was going to school. She had to cross a field and she had not gone far when she met a little man and he asked her where she was going and she said she was going to school. Then he brought her into another field and showed her a pot of gold and he said he would give it to her if she would let him cut off her arm. Then she said what good would the gold be when her arm would be cut off. Then the man said he could not give the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Lee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonmore, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Elizabeth Lee
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Cloonmore, Co. Longford
