School: Ráth Dairbhe (roll number 10001)

Location:
Radeerpark, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Henry Mc Kenna
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    taken it.
    But at last she met a very old man and he said, "Never mind looking for it, you will get it back, for the fairies have taken it, and you know the fairies are good little creatures, and they will leave it back without harming it".
    Then the woman departed but she did not believe it. Then after a few days very late in the night, the other fairies left it back without a wound or hurt. That lone-tree is there yet and no one can cut it. These fairies are all gone since about eighteen sixty seven.
    One time John McGuirk saw a fairy in a hole in the ground on the 19th October, nineteen-eighteen and that was th elast fairy seen about the forth.
    John Walker
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Walker
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Mc Gurk
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Clontreat, Co. Monaghan