School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 211
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“One Saturday night some people were playing cards in a house in Wilford.”
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“There was an old woman living in Tinakilly. She always had a great culm fire.”
There was an old woman living in Tinakilly. She always had a great calm fire. She used to sleep in a little room in front of the kitchen. The fairies used to come in hurling around every night and the woman used not mind them. After a while they started throwing chairs at one another. The woman used to shout out to them. If you conduct yourselves you can stay but if not out you go.