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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte

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Lismore, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Sr M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0635, Page 125

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    There is a dun or a lios about about a half mile outside Lismore, lo. Waterford. It is situated to the west of Ireland. There is an old story told of the place. I heard it from my father
    In olden times when the Danes were in Ireland they robbed Lismore monastary several times. One starry night a monk was burying some precious vessels. A fairy shoe-maker called a lepracan appeared to him and told the monk that he would take care of the vessels for him, if the monk gave him a bit of leather to make a pair of boots. The monk agreed but he had no leather in the monastarry. He gave him his cincture that is a leather belt he wore.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lismore, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr M. Mc Carthy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismore, Co. Waterford