School: Baile na mBreathnach (Welchtown) (roll number 9882)
- Location:
- Welchtown, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: R. A. Alcorn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1093, Page 097
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- Fairies
They are called gentry or wee folk they are about one foot high, they are dressed with a red jacket and a red bonnet.
They live in rocks or in roots of trees and in holes in the ground.
They have bags of gold hid in caves under the ground.
One day a fairy asked for meal he said will give it back again when my own comes from the mill"
One other day a fairy came in and told the people of the house, not to throw any water into the vennel, because they lived in there
Helen Hume.
Borraghamone,
Ballybofey
Co Donegal.
- Collector
- Helen Hume
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curraghomongan, Co. Donegal
