School: Convent of Mercy, Moville (roll number 9278)
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sr. Celestine Clarke
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- XML “Folklore - A Fairy Tale”
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- Collector
- Rita Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carnagarve, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Orr
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carnagarve, Co. Donegal
- Folklore:- A Fairy Tale.
Near Moville, about 60 or 70 years ago, there lived a woman and her daughter, Mary. They were poor, and they earned their living by knitting. One night a funny little man came into and sat down by their fire, and began to talk to them. He inquired how they made their living and said he wondered how they lived on so little. The quite suddenly, he turned to Mary and said(continues on next page)