School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 128
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Old Story (continued)
“One time there was a woman who had an article with seven "bratog bhríghdes" on it.”
(continued from previous page)still and one day the guards came before she got time to hie it. So she threw the article over it, and when the guards searched, they could not find the keg.
- Fairy Story.
in olden times there was a man named Kelly, in Tullyhullion in a house, which ruins are still to be seen next door to me:
Now, it happened that Kelly's wife gave birth to a child. At that time it was the custom to have something belonging to the husband in the bed to keep away the fairies, because they would steal the woman and take her appearance and lie in the bed as if dead.
but unfortunately there was nothing in this woman's bed. One day her husband went to the hill for turf, and when he(continues on next page) - Collector
- Jane Mc Daid
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Daid
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Tullychullion, Co. Donegal
