School: An Clochar, Gráig na Muilte Iarainn
- Location:
- Woodford, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Sr. I. Breathnach
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- (continued from previous page)three times without anyone saying "God Bless us" that the fairies would have her.
The woman told her husband what do. She told him to go to the "Lis" and a big red bullock would come up. She told him to leap up on its back and she warned him not to speak. All that happened and the bullock gave one jump and landed in Tipperary. The came to the girl's house and inside there was a feast going on. All the fairies gathered outside this house. They were sitting round the table, when the girl sneezed twice, no one said anything when the girl sneezed thrice. Mr. Hynes said "God bless us" With that the bullock horned him through the wall and he was thrown against the table.
He tried to explain they story but they would not listen to him. The court-marshaled him and just were going to hang him when he thought of the wishing cap in his pocket. On the shafts of a car he was tied. He put on his cap and said "Hi for Galway". he flew home again and the cart with him. That is how the cart first came to Galway.
- Informant
- Micahel Conroy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Woodford, Co. Galway
