School: Naomh Pádraig, Carn Domhnaigh (roll number 14359)
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- Carndonagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Gallchobhair
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Old Story Date 20-12-1938
One time there was a middle-aged man living in Culkeeny. One day he was out herding cow's in a field. When he was in the field he saw about one hundred little fairies carting timber in little tiny carts.
He went and told a man who was supposed to know something about fairies and he told him what he saw. The man told him that there would be a building there soon. A few week's afterwards the Culkeeny school was built.
Willie Kelly
Told by Hugh Toland aged 81 yrsFairy Story 21-12-1938
One halloweve night long ago a man got his wife stole away by the fairies. On the next halloweve night the husband and a neighbour-man went out and hid behind a hedge and halted till the fairies would come. At last two fairies came riding on horseback and one of them - 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.
- Collector
- Willie J. Toland
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Fanny Toland
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54