School: Kilmacrennan (roll number 8461)
- Location:
- Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Anna B. McMahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 124
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“One day when my father was ploughing he turned up about fifteen little clay pipes with the plough.”
One day when my father was ploughing, he turned up about fifteen little clay pipes with the plough. I asked him how they came to be there and he said "I'll give you their history, son, as I got it from my grandfather".
At the bottom of my farm in Gortnaskeagh there are many holly bushes and in these the fairies used to dwell. These holly bushes were never cut not interfered with because bad luck was to follow anyone who touched them. The fairies did not come out until after midnight and when they came out they danced and sang around the holly trees.
One Halloween night, it was the custom of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Peoples
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortnaskeagh, Co. Donegal