School: Dulargy (roll number 13670)
- Location:
- Doolargy, Co. Louth
- Teacher: James Mc Creesh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0660, Page 039
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- Story
James McDdermott (deceased) tells this story.
A certain man named Larry the lad lived in the Deerpark and one night when coming home from town he had occasion to cross through the field in which stands the "Big stone of Proleek". Well he noticed a crowd in the field and a row of horses. He went over and discovered that they were fairies who gathered round him. They determined to carry Larry with them but the made one condition "If he swore an oath he would find it necessary to walk home. They gathered up the horses and found not one left for Poor Larry. There was a discussion as to what could be done when someone noticed a(continues on next page)