School: Moycarkey, Thurles

Location:
Maigh Chairce, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
Michael Myers
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0553, Page 272

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    Once upon a time there were a couple of boys fishing in a river.

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    One evening about sixty years ago a man was coming home from a neighbour's house...

    One evening about sixty years ago a man was coming home from a neighbour's house in Graigue, parish of Moycarkey, wit a spindle of the old time spinning wheel.
    It was late evening, and darkness was falling, when he saw a very tiny man with a cap and coat.
    He followed him because he knew
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