School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow
- Location:
- Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 220
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- A man and woman were living near a dun or rath. They had one child of which they were very fond Sometimes however the child was very cross and gave a good deal of trouble. This was when it was a baby in the cradle. This day the baby was unusually cross and the mother became exasperated & said to the child "Shut up you old fairyman" & thought no more about it. Soon after saying this she had to go to the yard to feed some young pigs and when she returned she went to the cradle & instead of her baby she saw a shrivelled looking being that looked like a baby but still wasn't. The woman nearly died with the fright for she thought that she herself was to blame for calling him a fairyman a few hours before that. She sent for her husband who was greatly troubled. They held a consultation as to what was the best thing to do and at last they agreed not to let anyone see the baby(continues on next page)
- Collector
- R. Rellis
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Dunkitt, Co. Kilkenny
