School: Denbawn
- Location:
- Dennbane, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Cionnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 344
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- Once upon a time there was a man coming home off his ceilidh and it was very late and he was very fond of playing cards. When he was passing by a fort he met fairies. The had a table and a deck of cards and he thought they were his neighbours. They asked him to have a game. He sat down and played the whole night with them. Coming on to break of day there fell a card on the ground. The man stooped to lift it, but instead of the card he saw a cloven foot. He jumped up and ran home and never played cards again.
- Collector
- Michael Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dennbane, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- John Mc Manus
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dennbane, Co. Cavan
