School: Mullinavat Convent
- Location:
- Muileann an Bhata, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Sr M. Lorcán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0851, Page 063
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- Once there was a man who lived in Ballynooney and his name was Patrick Cleary but the local people called him "kids" and there was another man who lived in Ballynooney and he was called the "Puck".
One day a man came around buying kids and goats. He went into a local farmer's house. They told him there was a great kid for sale in a house near by. So the man that was buying the goats went to "Kids" house. Kids was a very jocose man and he said that he came to the wrong house but he knew a house where they had a "Puck" for sale.
He went then to the people who were supposed to have the puck for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Mc Donald
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Peter Mc Donald
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Inneonaigh Thiar, Co. Chill Chainnigh
