School: Clochar na Trócaire, Meathas Truim (roll number 13313)
- Location:
- Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
- Teacher: An tSiúr Bernard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 509
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“Once upon a time there lived in Renneny a man named Dan Flood.”
(continued from previous page)might take it again. Let him go. He has one that never will talk to him except he gets the silver pin that is at the butt of her tongue."
Home runs Dan, opened her mouth & discovered the pin. He took it out. She then told him who she was & where she came from. Her name was Miss Gregg from Quaker Island on the Shannon beside Newtowncashel. He hired a boat from a man named Farrell telling him that he wanted to go up over to the Island. When Farrel saw her he nearly fainted as he was at her funeral a week before, believing she was dead.
When they got over to Gregg's house her people nearly died with fright, believing that she was dead & buried. Dan Flood had to help the daughter to convince them that she was not dead but that he released her from the Fairies that "As I said before I brought her in and had her for a week before I got the silver pin that was at the butt of her(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Glennon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghafin, Co. Longford