School: Urlár
- Location:
- Urlaur, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 310
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- The dancing fiddler of lis-na sidheog over-looking Loch Ruadh or the Red Lake is a carn of huge piles locally known as Uithre Moir or the giants grave and half way between there and Loch Urlar is a place called Lis na sidheog. When the clock tolls twelve the fiddler comes out of the Lis. He starts to play the most wonderful music hoping that some mortal listening would start to dance. When he cannot get anybody to dance to his tune he starts himself continuing to play and dance together. He moves westwards slowly keeping step with his tune till he reaches the giant's grave and then vanishes. Woe betide(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Tiernan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonfeaghra, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- George Robinson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonfeaghra, Co. Mayo
