School: Killyon (roll number 7120)
- Location:
- Killyon, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Fithceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 401
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“One time there was a story-teller named Larry Smith.”
(continued from previous page)Down, Co. Meath. He worked in Killyon Manor. In the evening's when he used to be going home the young lads used to meet him to make him tell them. He used to let on that he had something under his coat to frighten them but they would put their hands inside his coat and they would find nothing. This evening he caught an owl and put it under his coat. When he came up the road he said to them "Well I have something this evening". Matt Malone put his hand in under his coat and as soon as he did the own caught his finger and kept it in his mouth for five minutes. Matt started to bawl but to pacify him Larry told the story of "Jack and the fairies".One time as Jack Jackson was passing a fort he heard a fairy say "A horse for me and just(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kevin Keegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newtown or Cloneen, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Thomas kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clondalee More, Co. Meath