School: Kilrane (roll number 16605)
- Location:
- Tagoat, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 046
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“Once upon a time there lived in a village an old woman. ...”
(continued from previous page)"No", he said and he smiling all over his face. "Try again." "Maybe it is Billy Whopstray". "Wrong again", he said and he clapped his hands with glee. "Ah well then", she said, "it is Tom knitting pin". "Yes", he said and his face was as black as thunder, "but if you had not been able to guess my name, you would have been going around living under the bouchelan all the rest of your life, along with the fairies", and out he goes in the door and she never saw him any more and she lived happily ever after.
- Informant
- Mrs Wickham
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Waddingsland, Co. Wexford