School: Killesk
- Location:
- Killesk, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Margt. Sutton
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- Collector
- Nellie O Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Blake
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Killesk, Co. Wexford
- Some time ago, a man was coming home from a house in Rathimney where he used to ramble. As he was coming home, about half past twelve, and he heard a lot of people singing and dancing. The fairies were dancing in a fort near by. They asked him into dance, and he went, there was one lady who had no partner to dance with. The(continues on next page)