School: An Píce (The Pike, Shinrone)
- Location:
- Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dúibheacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0532, Page 053
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - One evening a man went to see his cattle in a field. On his way he saw a fairy man standing in the middle of the field and disappeared into the ground.
The man went in and looked all around him and could see nothing so he went on to a house to play cards. It was about two o'clock when they had finished. As they were coming home he stole a spade and let the rest of the men off. When they were gone he went to see was the fairy man gone and he saw him again and stole up on him and caught him.
The he asked him where was any gold to be found. He told him there was gold under his feet in the ground and he started digging after the gold. When he was digging for a while he met a rock(continues on next page)
