School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- One night a man was coming from town at the hour of one o'clock. When he was coming up at Holland's he saw a crowd of little boys and girls in the field. They were dressed with red caps and red coats and they were dancing grand sets. This man was watching them for about two hours, and some times he used to hear them laughing and talking to one another. He heard the grandest music ever anyone heard before. After a while they disappeared and when they were leaving he saw them shaking hands to one another. Then he left(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora King
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
