School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ní Chróinín
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- (continued from previous page)hand. He met the Johnstons who were Protestants going to church and they asked him to accompany them to church, but Rhymer turned to them and said "North wind blow fair and calm,
Till I bless these heathens with my palm
If you don't quit Macauley and come with me
The light of heaven you never will see". Macauley was the Protestant minister.
- When my granny was living in Liscumiskey she had a very sore foot. One day a nice fairy woman about two foot high came into the house. My granny was there herself and the fairy told her she would come back that evening, and she would bring something that would cure it.
She came back that evening and she put ointment on it. The next morning a needle came out of it and the foot got all right again.
In a few days the fairy came back to see the foot. My granny and her were sitting by the fire and the fairy said she(continues on next page) - Collector
- Packie Mc Carvill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Carvill
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
