School: Beárna Dhearg (B) (roll number 14633)
- Location:
- Barnaderg, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Flaithrí Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0026, Page 0191
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- (continued from previous page)sun-set or to drive your cattle through hot embers of a fire?
The fairies come around our house's too to do mischief as well as they come to the cattle; you should sweep the hearth very clean and leave food aside for them. If you don't: the fairies will come when you are asleep and will torment you by tricking you or pinching you: And if you want to keep out the fairies: seatter the of the door when you are to bed with primroses or hang a horse-shoe over the door: You should not go alone through hills or forth's or lonely places for fear of the fairies might take you away or listen to any sweet singing in lonely places for these are fairies Don't leave any food over from May Eve it should be thrown away or given to the dog's because the fairies takes away the good food and leave bad food instead?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barnaderg, Co. Galway
