School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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One time there was a man after being married + he came home that night after his honeymoon The wife said to the man that was there to watch her. After a while she went out, another woman came in, in her place. The real wife went to her brother, + told him she was taken by the fairies, + to meet her the following evening at sunset, at a certain gap. The brother told the rest of his friends, + they all met at the gap. They saw six fairies coming on, six white horses, + the wife was one of them. The brother made a grab at her + missed, + she was never seen again.
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