School: Valleymount
- Location:
- Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 098
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- (continued from previous page)Before he went out one of the children said Father how do you know if he will do a good job on it.
The Father said he did not know.
The child said that he knew. He told his father that if the Smith did a good job on it he would take it in your tongs and threw it out in the yard and if you did a bad job on it you would leave it by the wall."Ah" said the smith it is a fairy smith you have instead of a child. When you are going home and when you are near the house start roaring and shouting that Mullamass is a-fire. So the man did as he was told and when the child heard him he ran to the door and he said Father what is wrong. His Father said O Mullamass is afire.O dear me all my tools will be burned. He ran away and he never was seen again.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cassie Cullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigacurra, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mrs John Cullen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Carrigacurra, Co. Wicklow
