School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

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   “Once upon a time there lived a man named Tom Connor. He was an hard working industrious farmer with a wife and six children.”

   

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   lifting his cap.
   In conclusion, it is said that since the death of Tom's "Cat" all the people in that part of the country have far better yield off their milk than they had for years before, because Tom Connor's "cat" was responsible for taking the butter off the churns, and that's how the old hag made her living.

   

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   “Once upon a time there was a man who lost his way. He was walking along a road at twelve o'clock at night...”

   

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   Once upon a time there was a man who lost his way. He was walking along a road at twelve o'clock at night when he saw a light on the side of the road.
   He went over to the place and he saw a house. He knocked on the door. A fairy woman opened the door. The fairy told him to come in. When he went in he saw a great number of fairies one of whom was dead in a coffin. The fairies gave him a pipe to smoke. Then they told him to dry over the corpse.
   When he was crying over the corpse for a half an hour the fairies told him to stop.
   Then they told him carry the coffin. He went to leave the coffin down on the ground and...

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tommy Harrison

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Patrick Moran

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim