School: Gleann Gort, Caisleán Nua Thiar (roll number 7329)
- Location:
- Glengort South, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Treasa, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0492, Page 191
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- (continued from previous page)the story. The man said "You foolish woman that was only imagination. All right if it was" said his wife "if you will sleep there yourself to night I will give you a five pound note". "You may be sure I will" said the man and he went to bed. about twelve oclock he heard the great noise coming to the door and the door opened. A man came into the room and he said "the minute you get up to morrow morning you will have to knock this house for it is built in our way. Of course the house was built in the fairies passage. When the man got up in the moring he had to throw down the house, and he got the five pound note from his wife for staying in the house that night. The man and his wife(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eily Morrissey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toornafulla, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- John Morrissey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
