School: Drom Liath, Macroom (roll number 1687)

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1. A Fairy Story

   

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   Long ago a man was going from this neighbourhood Farelton to Crookstown for lime. He was travelling at midnight with a horse and cart. When about half way on his journey a fairy woman got on to the back of his cart and the horse refused to pull the cart. The horse was sweating and whatever the man did, he couldn't get him to go. He did everything to put the ghostly visitor out of the cart but failed. At last he though of a plan. He took his scapular from his neck and struck the horse with it. The fairy immediately disappeared and the horse resumed his journey.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joanna Murphy

   Gender

   Female

2. Fairy Story

   

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   My neighbor Timothy Murphy told me an interesting fairy story which he asserts is true. When a young fellow he says, there was a certain man living in Inchigeela who hadn't his proper senses. He did and said many queer things. He said he met a house moving along the road and it wouldn't leave him pass it out. This man arose one night at midnight and going into an out house cut his throat, & was not found until the following morning.

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