School: Kingsland
- Location:
- Kingsland, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh
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“Long ago there lived a man near my village.”
(continued from previous page)was kicked into to him. He was so tempted by it that he gave it a kick and as poor as he did so the fairies rough him off with them and he had a great football match. As soon as day break came the wife got up and went out to look for him. She started calling and kept on calling him but of course he did not hear her. In the evening just as night fell he landed back home and the wife asked him where was he. He said that he never before had a better football match in all his life of course there had been nothing the matter with the cow The fairies that made the noise
- Collector
- Josie Mc Glynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kingsland, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Matt Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Kingsland, Co. Roscommon