School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 251
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- (continued from previous page)field, in which grew a lot of bushes. It was said that fairies lived among the bushes.
One of the men said he would cut down the trees, because they were in the way. The other man did not want to cut them.
There was a "short cut" through this field, and one night the man who wanted the trees cut, went to "rake", and when he was returning he came by the "short cut".
He walked and walked, but he could not get to the gate. It was the fairies put the "wandering" on him for revenge.
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- Collector
- Jane Mc Daid
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Daid
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullychullion, Co. Dhún na nGall
