School: Cluainín, Granard
- Location:
- Clooneen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Raghallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)This story was written by Brian Fitzsimons aged 13 years
Who heard it from Thomas Fitzsimons Cartonfree, Granard. aged 53 years. - There was a man once upon a time who had a lovely daughter. The man said to his wife that he would bring his geese to the market of Longford.
He took his daughter with him. They had no clock & they started in the middle of the night. On the way they met a party of people with lovely music. According as they passed they said - "Good night, Charlie that is a lovely daughter that you have." When they returned home that evening the daughter went to bed, & she could not be seen more except by chance & she wasted away until she died and all the neighbours would say that the "Good people(continues on next page)- Collector
- Edward Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Cloghchurnel, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Thomas Murtagh
- Address
- Culleenmore, Co. Longford