School: Naomh Muire (B.), Droichead Átha (roll number 15125)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: A. Mac Uidhlinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0681, Page 008
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- One day a boy went out for a walk in the country and he brought his lunch with him. He came to a wood and in the middle of the wood there was a little patch of grass. He sat down and began to pull wild flowers and he pulled a dandelion.
He pulled so hard that a big sod of grass came up. Out from underneath came a lot of joyful fairies. A goblin who had imprisoned the fairies in a large room told the boy to coax the fairies down again. The boy did so and the fairies came down.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Bagnall
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pearse Park, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mr G. Bagnall
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pearse Park, Co. Louth
