School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)
- Location:
- Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Tomás Diolún
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- (continued from previous page)when he saw them approach the door he hid the fiddle. Some time after the father was going to the local forge, to get an iron loy made for setting potatoes. When he was leaving the house the little boy made a remark to him that in finishing the iron if it was done that the smith would start lilting a merry chune tune and he did so.The child's father said to the smith, ''it's well done sir'' ''How do you know that asked the smith'' I know by the tune he said to the smith you are lilting' '' and who told you that'' asked the smith? '' Well said the man there's a little boy in my house and he made remarks to me when i was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Gillen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardakip Beg, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs M. Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Riverstown, Co. Sligo
