School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)
- Location:
- Skerries, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: T. Mc Namee
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- (92)A Story about the Fairies.
(Skerries, Co. Dublin.)Once upon a time a man and a lady were sitting on a seat at the "Cross of Loughshinny." They heard a lot of shouting coming up the road. The woman got afraid and ran home because she knew it was the fairies. The man hid behind a ditch because he thought they would not see him in the dark. When the fairies came up opposite to where he was hiding they left down a corpse which they were carrying. An old fairy spoke first, "Who is to carry the corpse next," he said. A(continues on next page)- Collector
- George Pratt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rush Road, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Theresa Pratt
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Rush Road, Co. Dublin