School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)
- Location:
- Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 02_031
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- Once there was a very poor man. He lived with his wife in a small house. He had no family and he worked in a forest very hardly. They had not much to eat because the man had not much money to buy it.
One night it was very late, when the man went to sell a load of timber. It was a very dark night and the place was very lonely. All of a sudden he saw a very bright light. When he approached it, it seemed to get brighter and brighter. Then, he saw a small little man having a can in his hand and a lantern in the other. The man got afraid but the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nuala Ní Bheirn
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- M. Shiel
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Castletaylor South, Co. Galway
