School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 129
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“There was a man long ago named Seán na Stocaí so called because he made his living by selling stockings.”
(continued from previous page)years old it was said that person was taken by the fairies. Seán went one day across a ford selling the stockings and was drowned and he was taken home and waked. His wife said that she often told him to keep away from Áth na Marbh. There was a man living near Seán and he was very lazy who said he could live by his wits. He said he could make as much money in one day by his wits as Seán could ever make. One day he went out to find out if he could live by his wits. In his travels he passed a house in which two women were crying. He went in to see what was the matter with them. The old woman said that when she came in her daughter was crying because there was a stone loose in the chimney and when her baby would(continues on next page)