School: Dromakeenan
- Location:
- Drumakeenan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhallamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0818, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)what did he see but a great dance and music and about fifty fairies with their little queen sitting in the middle. Then a small man came over to him and said mortal what brought you here. He never spoke then the fairy said. "this is a great wedding between the faries of Lis na Neeran and the Lis of Geera., come you must give something to the bride and bridegroom and take something instead. The fairy took him to the centre where the faries were he looked all around him at a loss to know what he would give. Then he noticed one small fairie looking and winking at him and she stepped over to him and said Tom take nothing but give the screw of your fiddle so he took out one of the screws and offered it with best wishes. Now in return the bridegroom handed him a lovely fiddle of course he refused on the(continues on next page)
