School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 479
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- (continued from previous page)luck. You're making me the laughing stock of the country".Tim got a terrible fright as the tambourine never gave him any peace until he ripped off the skin and buried it.
- In the Glen of Imaal there lived a man long ago, named Dan Finn. One night, when he was going home, a calf galloped up behind him, ran between his legs, taking him on its back. Dan hung on to the calf until a horseman came up beside him and said "If you keep your mouth shut and not speak a word you will be left back safely".They galloped miles together the calf going like a racehorse, until they came to a a wide(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Michael Kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Studfield South, Co. Wicklow
