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School: Ardnagrath (roll number 5963)

Location:
Ardnagragh, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
M. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 332

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    “The people of this district believe very much in fairies...”

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    The people of this district believe very much in fairy stories and believe them. A young boy - Ned Egan tells me he saw a fairy or two in the middle of the day. He was going through a field which belongs to Mr. John Reynolds in Corr; in this field there is a big rock with a lone bush beside it. Ned Egan saw a small red man running towards the rock, screaming loudly as he ran. A hare was following him. The man jumped on to the rock and went down through it; the hare also disappeared. The whole thing happened in a few seconds.
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    “A man named Me Parker lived in a house on the side of the road in Kilkenny West in the parish of Tubberclair and about one mile from this school...”

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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Johnny Lowry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cauran, Co. Westmeath