School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)
- Location:
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 459
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - One night two men named Tommy Thompson and Bob Harron were coming from Ballintra fair. When they were coming through Lisminton they saw men riding on little small horses. Some of the little men were calling “give me a horse.” So all at once a little man came across and gave Tommy a horse, and put Tommy on his back. So off he went along with the rest. Tommy had two pounds of soap in his pocket. So all the little men began to call “Here comes Tommy Thompson and his two pounds of soap.” So Tommy was never got until about three days after he was found standing in a river somewhere near his own house.
