School: Corcaghan (roll number 16129)
- Location:
- Corcaghan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: F. Murray
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- (continued from previous page)Nancy to get three leaves off the hazel bush and three shamrocks from a field called the Cavan Bees and three haws off the lone bush in Lisnashanna Fort and boil three mixtures along with goats milk and give the liquid to her eldest son to drink and send him to Liseraw Fort where he must fix the sod back in its place. Just as the lad was away a neighbour man came for the loan of the mule and Nancy did not refuse him. The boy was putting back the sod when he heard a voice saying 'He will not break into our house again. He is drawing flar [?] to the mill to day and if his people only knew that a handful of thatch from over the door of Paddy Haidy's old house would set him free, if burned on a shovel under his head he would soon be free. "Don't speak so loudly" said another. "You never know who listening". Then the boy took the fairies' advice and went back to Paddy Haidy's old house and took some thatch from over the door and burned it under the mule's head.
He shook the harness off hm and went galloping down the road and then there was great rejoicing in Nancy's house when Billy returned home. After that Billy(continues on next page)
