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School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)

Location:
Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 476

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    was to be found in unexpected places, and he soon got poor again.
    A few years passed by and one day as he was going down the road at a place called Dinney’s Bray the lovely little Lady that he had seen in the fairies hall met him in the middle of the day. She said to him you kept the secret a long time Johnny. Looking up he saw a fading moon in the sky and as the moon faded the fairy queen seemed to fade away with it and he was left there standing alone.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Derrick Harron
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Tom Deveney
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Laghey, Co. Donegal