School: Baile na gCloch (roll number 7006)

Location:
Ballyclogh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Héaluighthe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 419

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 419

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    pushed him. That same night an Aunt of his was sitting by the fire. The door was locked she was half asleep. She saw the boy sitting on a chair near her. How on earth did you get in she said and why are you so small. I came in the Key hole " he said. I can go everywhere now because the fairies took me to night.
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  2. In the district of Castle-Cor there was a fort which a girl passed on her way to school. It happened that the teacher asked the mother of the child why she was not coming to school, and the teacher said that she was sending her every day The mother then questioned the child and the child said that she was taken into the fort every day by a woman and that she would not go to school. The mother told the child to aske the woman next day for a wash for a cow and the
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyclogh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Donoghue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyclogh, Co. Cork