School: Cill Chuana (roll number 12782)
- Location:
- Kilcoona, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Conáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0074
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- (continued from previous page)children would come again and
say. "There is a fairy in the garden."
Then the grandmother would go with
them and she would say to the
fairy. "What are you doing there?"
The fairy would say, "Picking up needles."
The grandmother would say, "What do you want the needles for? The fairy
would say, "To sew my bag." The
grandmother would say. "What do you
want the bag for?" "To pick up sand."
"What do you want the sand for?"
"The sharpen the knife," "What do you want the knife for?", "To kill you all says the fairy and she follow all the children.
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