1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Gowran (C.)

School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)

Location:
Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Chuinn
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 007

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 007

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Gowran (C.)
  2. XML Page 007
  3. XML “The Fairies”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Fairies

    Share Share Post
    Once a drunken man when passing an old rath, heard music and saw some fairies dancing to it. He stopped and listened for a while. Then he said to the fairies, "Play a hornpipe and I will beat you all in dancing". The fairies played it for him and he kept dancing until half past two the next morning. He went home, and went to bed, but when he arose, he was out of breath and could not stand. He then turned into a dwarf and died after an hour.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Phelan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castle Ellis, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Rice
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castle Ellis, Co. Kilkenny