School: Dromlachan
- Location:
- Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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- (continued from previous page)knocked out his eye. So he had to go home without his wife and he lost his eye. His wife never came back at night afterwards.
N.B. This story brings to my mind an old custom I saw. If a person did not come home (say for their dinner) some of the potatoes were placed under their bed and kept there until they came. While the potatoes were under the bed the person away could not be taken off with the fairies. - Transcription guide »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
- P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Rourke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Annaghmacullen, Co. Leitrim