School: Leitre (roll number 16164)
- Location:
- Lettera, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 009
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- (continued from previous page)because I put a pin at the back of her neck." When the man heard this he went home as fast as he could. When he reached home the girl was in bed and he pulled pin out. They were married the next day. There was born to them four children. A while after all this happening, Pat went to a fair a long way off. He saw a man following him wherever he went. He began talking to them and at last he spoke about the girl. He said that the the fairies brought his daughter away with them. He also said that she was able to knit and sow better than anyone in the country. Pat told him all the story. The man went with Pat and brought his grand-children and Pat and the girl. They lived happly in the white castle.
- Collector
- Rita O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Park East, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Dan O' Brien
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
