School: Grange (roll number 3759)
- Location:
- Grange, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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- There lived in Barnaderrig, near Grange, Co. Sligo, about a hundred years ago, a man named Fedhlim Friel. Feidhlim had a small farm of land.One night he went out to see his sheep. There was a fort in the field in which the sheep were. He saw a number of fairy horsemen around the fort.One of the horsemen gave him a horse to ride and told him not to speak while riding. Feidhlim's horse raced away and jumped across a lake."If I never spoke that was a great jump," said Feidhlim.
Feidhlim had hardly the words out of his mouth when he found himself riding on a white calf in his own garden.He went out again(continues on next page)- Collector
- Aggie Gilmartin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grange, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Gilmartin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 50
- Occupations
- Farmer
- Labourer
- Address
- Grange, Co. Sligo