School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Dheadaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0361, Page 709
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- Long ago a boy named Jim Godsel was going to Kanturk and on his way he called into a public house at Billies Green,Roskeen Banteer. He had some drink there and when he came out he began to dance opposite a fort in the neighbourhood. A fairy left the fort and entering the public house made a complaint about Godsels dance to the proprieter.
The man on hearing the fairy's grievance advised him to put a hump on Godsel's back. This he did and Godsel had a hump until the day of his death and it was believed that it was that hump caused his death.
- Collector
- Margaret Kelleher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Hugh Kelleher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Lombardstown, Co. Cork
- A woman, living in Fortgrady, Banteer, long ago had a small baby. The old people used to say that the fairies sometimes took small babies and put fairies(continues on next page)
