School: Niall Mór (roll number 11843)
- Location:
- Killybegs, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: B. Mac Niallghuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1039, Page 302
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Gentle Places;- There are many places about here where fairies inhabited and these places are known as "gentle" places. There is a gentle place quite near Killybegs just as you are up at the head of the town, there is a hill up in a field called Gentle Hill. There are many stories told about this place and here is one which I have often heard.
One time there was a man up in the hill cutting whins. He had a hook cutting the whins. As the day was very warm he took off his coat and left it on the ground, and he left the hook down also and went down the bank looking for better whins. When he returned he could not get his hook or coat and it is believed fairies took (it) them because he cut the whins. Other misfortunes befell other men also who cut them.
