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School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cluain Mhic Cuinn, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 241

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    “Once upon a time a man named Martin Leahy was going for a thatcher to come and thatch his house for him.”

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    and the fairy pig had to go around the water again so the man was gone a long piece of the road. He got to the thatchers house before the pig got up to him and he was roaring outside the door and he was trying to go in the window. The man stayed there until morning and he was sure not to out so late in the night again.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Con Halpin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Dromainn, Co. Chiarraí
    Informant
    Tom Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Mhín, Co. Chiarraí