School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 141
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- Once upon a time, there was a man who used to go to Dublin every week with a load of skins of animals, and he used to sell them.
One day, when he was going to Dublin, he came to a bridge on the way, and the horse dropped dead under the car. He was in a terrible state to know what he would do. So he skinned the horse and he put the skin into the car. He left the horse in the ditch and he threw a hayseed bag over him. Then he did not know what way he would get to Dublin with the skins.
He saw an eel out grazing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Hanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockaderry, Co. Wicklow
