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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 320

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    They saw a cock of hay in a field on the way. Stapleton asked the man was he able to make a thumb-rope.
    "I can of course" he said. Then he told him to go in, make the rope, and bring it out.
    When he got the rope he saw a buachalán growing on the ditch. He went over to the buachalán and said some words over it, and a pig appeared.
    They drove him into the fair and sold him.
    When the man was driving the pig away, there was a little stream across the road;
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Kane
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Peter Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kildorragh, Co. Leitrim