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School: Árd-chill

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Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
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Bean Uí Chonalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 183

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  1. A Fairy Story

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    About eighty years ago a man and a girl from this locality bought a pig in Kilnaleck. It was night as they were returning home. The man carried the pig in a creel. As they walked along the man felt something pulling at the creel ans the girl thought she saw something walking behind them.
    They arrived home and put the pig in a box in a corner. They said the rosary but the pig roared terribly during the prayers and he continued this every night. Then the man decided to drown the pig. He brought the pig to a bog and threw him in a hole. He sank down but almost immediately a little animal like a rabbit jumped up and ran off into a fort near by
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John P. Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumnalaragh, Co. Cavan