School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Farrell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 073
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- My father Patrick Glennon had a very strange adventure with the fairies one night when coming home from a dance held in Walshestown.
He was crossing the fields about midnight when he heard strange noise in the next field and looking across the hedge saw a lot of little men playing football in the moonlight. As he was a good footballer himself he thought he would have a game.
When he went into the field the ball came over near him and he made a kick at it but one of the little men kicked it away from him.
He raced away until he fell(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mona Noonan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Glennon
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Hopestown, Co. Westmeath
