School: Cúl Umha (Cailíní)

Location:
Cúil Lú, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 333

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    the pot of gold and as soon as the man turned round to see the woman the "Lephrehán" went from him and ran up a tree and said "O, féach seo anois an pota ór" and when the man was climbing the tree the "Lephrehán" disappeared.
    There was once a freemason and he lived in our village and one morning another freemason was driving a flock of sheep and the other freemason put his head out the window to see who was passing and when he saw the other freemason he put a lake before him so that he could not pass it himself or the sheep and then the other freemason was just as good as him and he put two horns on the freemason so that he could not pull in his head.
    A man was once coming home from work and he saw a hare and he shot a hare with a horseshoe and when he would take the hare up it would fall into pieces and when he would leave it down it would become whole and the third time he took up
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Páilín Ní Annáin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    An Mullach Mór Thuaidh, Co. na Gaillimhe
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    An Mullach Mór Thuaidh, Co. na Gaillimhe