School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 184
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Seanscéal (continued)
“The old people have no stories about Oisín. The Fianna did not come down by this part.”
(continued from previous page)Fianna did not come down by this part. There is a grave in my father's land and it is built up with standing stones and then covered with stones over the top and it is called leabaidh Diarmada agus Gráinne.
There is a story about a man named Barney McHugh. He used to get money from a fairy but she wanted him not to tell where he got it and she gave him a certain stick, and told him to hit the road with the stick three times. His wife used to ask him to tell her where he got the money but he wouldn't. This night she asked him to tell her where he got the money and at(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brian Harkin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Harkin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal