School: Johnswell, Kilkenny (roll number 3247)

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   “One night as a man was coming home from town and he got very tired and he went into a house to rest. He left his horse in an old stable. When he went into the house he saw a little woman sitting at the fire and she was smoking a pipe.”

   

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   One night as a man was coming home from town and he got very tired and he went into a house to rest. He left his horse in an old stable. When he went into the house he saw a little woman sitting at the fire and she was smoking a pipe. He began to look for his pipe but he could not find it. After a while the woman asked him what he was looking for. The man said that he was looking for his pipe but he could not find it. Then the woman give him a pipe to smoke. When it was time to go home, the man gave the pipe to the woman but she would not take it. The man put the pipe into his pocket and he went to the stable to get his horse. Then the man went home and he found the

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margy Manning

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Mary Purcell

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   60

   Address

   An Carraigín, Co. Chill Chainnigh