School: Gleann
- Location:
- Glan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)them. They did not drink any of it because it was said that anyone who ate or drank any of fairies' food could be carried away.
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- One evening a man named Mr Attridge who lived in Lissacaha was milking a black cow in a field adjoining the Lissacaha fort. To his surprise he heard somebody crying inside in the fort. Curious to see who it was, he went to the fort, and saw a woman dressed in black, minding a baby who was crying. He heard her say "Do not cry, the black cow will soon be milked." The man then returned and finished milking the(continues on next page)
