School: Scoil na gCailíní, Iomaire Buidhe (roll number 9818)
- Location:
- Ummeraboy East, Co. Cork
- Teacher: E. Bean Uí Shuibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 329
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They came to a house and Nell went in. There was a woman and a little baby in the house. She was told to do all she could for the child. She got ointment from the man and she did what she could for the child. When she was finished she rubbed her hand to her eye. It was then she found out that she was in the biggest fort in Doon. It was John Ring's fort.
When she went out she saw it was a wooden plough she had to carry her home, but when she would close the eye she rubbed the hand to she thought it was the horse. When she would open the other eye she thought it was the plough.
A few weeks after this she went to Knocknagree fair. There were no public houses at that time and Nell went into a tent there where drink was sold. She saw a golden haired girl on the other side. There was a little fairy sticking a rush up her nose. The girl was sneezing and Nell said "God bless you child and save(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Mc Sweeney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doonasleen East, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Edmund Mc Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 95
- Address
- Doonasleen East, Co. Cork
