School: Dún na Lochlannach (roll number 11987)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Mhainín
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- In a certain country house outside Ballydavid a neighbour came into visit at night time. When he was leaving, the man of the hosue said "I will go up a bit of the way with you", and when they parted he turned as he thought to his house, but could not find it, and walked through fields and roads and lanes all night, and in the early hours of the morning found himself in Dalystown, about seven miles away from his home in a churchyard. On discovering where he was he returned at once to his home.
People often go astray even though they may be very near their home, and it is said that it is the fairies that lead those people astray.
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballybroder, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballybroder, Co. Galway
