School: Caroreigh (roll number 6700)
- Location:
- Carrowreagh, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamas Ó Cellaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0883, Page 067
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- One dark night about twelve o'clock a man named Sonny Creane was leaving Mrs Cooper's house and he had a path going through a rath. So he went through it anyhow and when he was in the middle of the rath something started lepping on his back and he did'nt know what was on his back at all.Then he started to look around and he saw a little fairy on his back so he done everything to get it off but he could'nt. Then his feet and legs and half of his body went down in the ground in muck and he was just able to creep home.He then was in bed for two or three years and that stopped him from going through that rath and he got such a fright that he never went across it any more.
- Collector
- Bessie Banville
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shanowle, Co. Wexford
- Collector
- Brigid Whitty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moddybeg, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- James Roche
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tottenhamgreen, Co. Wexford
