School: Termon
- Location:
- An Tearmann, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Mrs Cooney
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- (continued from previous page)revenge on those who would interfere with them.
There is a fairy path at a place named Daly's in Tierlahood, and there is a gate on the path. This gate was often locked at night, and would be wide open in the morning. It cant be closed even yet.
There is a story told about a woman in Kilinkere, named Mrs Farrelly who had dealings with fairies. She told Mr Farrelly that the fairies would bring her, and that she would ride a white horse through the barn. First in on the front door and then out on the back door. She said that there would be fairy horse men with her. She told the man to be in the barn that night, and to pull her down off the horse as she and the fairies would be passing through. So he watched that night, be he was a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Soden
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- James Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullymagowan, Co. an Chabháin
