A woman living in Cotterstown had two twin babies. They were about six months old. One night the fairies stole the babies. They put two aulawns of fairies in their stead. The woman was wondering why the babies wern't growing at all
One day she was outside the window washing. The fairies thought she wasn't near to them at all. She heard one say to the other, "Do you remember the battle of Banagher?" "I do," said the other, "and many another battle besides." Now, the woman's babies could not talk at all and she knew that the fairies had stolen her children. She reddened a shovel in the fire and went into the fairies and threatened to roast them if they would not give back the children. So the fairies sent to their king and explained the situation to him and he brought back the babies and the woman let the fairies off.

Jamie Friel and his mother lived in a small cottage beside a ruined castle. In this castle the fairies lived. One Halloween night he went up to the castle and the fairies all welcomed him. When it became very late the fairies asked Jamie would he go with them as they were going to steal a young lady and he said he would. They all got on horses and rode for many miles until they came to the house. They dismounted near a window and the fairies took the lovely lady and left an image instead. They each took their turn in carrying her and as they were passing over Jamie's house he asked to carry her. The fairies gave him the lady and he ran with her into his own house. The fairies were very angry and cast a spell over the lady that she wold be deaf and dumb. She lived with Jamie and his mother for one year. When Halloween came round again Jamie went to the castle. As he listened below the window he heard one of the fairies say that three drops out of her glass she held in her hand would cure the lady. Jamie rushed into the castle and grabbed the glass and ran home to give to the lady. She was now able to speak and she wanted to go home so Jamie took her to

Long ago there lived a man and a woman in Carrowmena whose names were Charley Brown and his wife Biddy. At the entrance of the byre door there was a flag stone. Under this flag there were fairies. Biddy and Charley were so much annoyed with the fairies that they were going to lift the flag. One morning when Charley was putting out the cows Biddy ran out with a piece of red cloth to tie round the cow's horn. It was believed that the red cloth kept the fairies from touching the cows. Holy water also kept the fairies from touching either man or animal. This morning Biddy forgot to bless herself with holy water. No sooner than she put her foot on the flag than she disappeared. A few nights after this she came back and told Charley that the fairies and she would be riding horses on the Altoragh road on the following night. This road is between Carrowmena and Meenletterbale. She described to him the horse she would be on. She also told him that he was to make an effort to get her from off the horse's back and to hold on no matter what the fairies would do or say and if he missed that chance that he never would see her back because the fairies were going to kill her the next day. He was unable to save her and the next morning Charley found the hair of her head lying on the flag at the byre door. He knew then that she was killed.

cloud, out of sight. Old Sean Padraig tells the story, that it ws a battle between the fairies of Connaught and the Ulster fairies, that took place that morning. So people the flies who floated away were the Connaught Fairies, who won the fight. Ever since are nervous to pass by that hill after nightfall, as they should be attacked by the strong fairies of Connaught.

There were fairies living in a fort and they were able to say Dé Lúain Dé Máirt, and one day an old man passed by and he heard them singing and he added Dé Céadaoin on to it and when the fairies heard it they were delighted and they took him in and made a feast for him and then the took the hump off his back and he was telling it to everyone. Another old man heard of it and he went to the fairies and he said Dé Lúain, Dé, Máirt Dé Céadaoin, but the fairies could not understand him and they got very angry to him so they took the hump and put up on his back.

not there long when he saw a crowd of fairies walk into the field and start a hurling match there. Tim got a hurley too and joined fairies hurling match. When the match was finished Tim started scolding the fairies and said it was a shame for them to be destroying a poor woman's field. The fairies promised never again to go hurling in the field. When Tim went into the house he told the woman his story and she was very thankful to him.

Nora was living in a little house in the country. One morning she awoke and she went over to the window. She saw the little fairies dancing on the grass outside. "O", said she with delight. When the fairies saw Nora, away they went. Nora never saw the fairies again. She was very, very, sorry for letting the shout at all. Nora is longing to see the fairies again.

Caldry, the bush field, the armenia, the long field, the Clonmellon field, the flaxgarden, the brick field, the new grass field, the hanging field, the high field, the onion field, the ash park, the Cunning's field, the blackthorn field, the horse field, the bull park, the white field, the deer park. In the bloshga field, fairies used to kick football long ago. In the flax garden, fairies used to bury other fairies long ago. In the quarry field every night long ago you would see other fairies sitting on the bank playing music. In

Once upon a time when the fairies lived in Ireland they were very good. One night as a hunchback was passing by the rath he heard the fairies singing their Irish songs. The fairies loved the Irish song De Luain, De Mairt. But the hunchback put the third day to the week. The fairies loved the third day so they brought him in and took the hump off his back.

You all know May is the month of the fairies. Great people or men that lived long ago rises from their graves on every night in the month of May to fight the old battles that they fought long ago these men are called fairies. The bad fairies do great harm and trouble in the month of May they kill cattle take away milk and butter from the cows and alot of other mischief. The first three days of May is very dangerous for cattle. The fairies takes away the butter and milk from them and cause the [?] to do mischief such as to kick the milk-pail to follow the milkmaid and so on? Every night or evening the milkmaid should make the sign of the cross on the cow's back with the froth of the milk; this will prevent the fairies from causing mischief to the cows or to tie a bunch of primroses to the cow's tail after

Baile Phortuigh is a considerable tract of land,about an Irish mile in length bounded on the south by Poll a' Phúca stream, on the east by the Ballinglen river, on the west by the Farm Mountains, and on the north by Killena. In olden times it was looked upon as being the playground of the fairies. When the fairies held their games and sports there usually used to be sentinel's posted so that the fairies the south side of Poll a' Phúca stream could not come amongst the fairies of Baile Phortuigh. One night or so the legend has it, that a fairy got past the sentinels and came amongst the fairies of Baile Phortuigh. They chased her, and when they came to the boundry stream "Poll a' Phúca" the moon hid its face behind a cloud and the fairy that was chased leaped into the stream, where there

A little boy had to pass this fort every evening on his way to give hay to the cattle. One evening this little boy, who had a hump on his back, was passing by the fort, when he heard singing. Knowing the song, he sang it himself. He was brought before the king of the fairies. "What will we do with him" said one of the fairies. "We will take the hump off him" said the king. So they took the hump off him and hung it on the wall. There was another boy in the parish who had a hump on his back. He also heard the fairies singing and knowing the song, he sang it but he was a bad singer. He was brought before the king of the fairies "What will we do with him" said one of the fairies. "We will put another hump on him" said the

would be singing. He went by a rath one night and when the fairies were singing. He joined the fairies in their singing and he sang so nicely that the fairies brought him in. Then the fairies said, "Lismore lismore doubt not nor deplore for the hump that you bore. On your back is no more. Look down on the ground and view Lismore." Another man heard of this and went to the fairy fort. When they were singing, he sang wrongly, and the fairies brough him in, and said, "Lismore lismore doubt not nor deplore for the hump that you bore is another one more." When he went home his parents did know

Long ago in the time of the fairies an old man was going around selling noggins or wooden porringers he was also a weaver and they called him "Mickey the Noggins" or "Mickey the weaver". One night, as he was on his rounds he went through a fort which used to be inhabited by fairies. When he was in the fort he could hear voices calling out "Get me a horse" "get me a horse" "get me a horse" said Mickey. All in a sudden he was mounted on a great big horse. The fairies were going to a wedding house to steal a bride. When they got to the house they went up on the rafters of the house and stuck a rush up in her nose and made her sneeze. When she sneezed if no on said "God bless us" the fairies could bring her with them but Mickey said "God bless us" and the fairies got so angry that they threw Mickey down on the floor, noggins and all, and all the people ran away in great alarm.

of Briarfeld lake about three miles away. There is a saying that if you sit down and turn your coat inside out you will get home alright. Lukey sat down and did so and roared and shouted but it was no good. In the morning he was found on the brink of Briarfield lake, where the fairies brought him off and left him. The place around the fort is so haunted by the fairies that after dusk no one would go near it. The people had such horror of the fairies that they would not go near the bushes for fear the fairies would do revenge on them. The place in which the fort is now, is owned by my father, and one evening he went over to cut a tree in the fort to put in a gap. William Cuttle stopped him and said that if he interfeared with the bushes he would be sorry and that the fairies would revenge themselves on him so he did not cut the bush.

There was a great battle at the steeple of Fairymount between the fairys of Fairymount and the fairies of Rathcroghan. The fairies of Rathcroghan wanted to bring the stone and that stone belonged to the fairies of Fairymount. They fought for three nights and the fairies of Fairymount bet them and would not let them bring the stone. But a man went to bring the stone he had it got a bit and the stone would not move any further and the man went in search of men to help him to bring the stone and the fairies had a hold of the stone and would not let it go and the men had to bring back the stone again. The stone is there since and no one can bring it.

Long ago there was a house in Cahirkeem and the Fairies use to be coming in every night after they going to bed. The Fairies used to be dancing and playing and noising the cups. One night they were breaking the cups and the man of the house came down from the bed and he asked asked them what were they doing and that himself could not sleep, sleep with the noise they had going on. One of the fairies said that they would not leave the house until they have five years spent in the house, and after five years they left the house. The man of the house could not make any butter while they were in the house. When they left the house he could make the butter from that on. When the Fairies went to the other house they never left it and the people of the house had to leave it and go to some other house. The fairies were there in the house for a long time but there is no sight of them there now.

woman came to the widow's house. She asked the widow what was troubling her. The widow told the whole story. The woman said she had a relic of St. Finbarr and that if the widow held the relic between herself and the fairies they could not touch her. The fairies were going to Templemartin. The two women went to the fort. When the fairies were coming out the widow saw her son and she ran to him and embraced him. She held the relic between her and the fairies and they could not go near her or her son. The fairies rode away on black

There was a house in Shanacloon long years ago. It was supposed to be infested by fairies. Every night fairies used to be knocking the cups and every thing they got hold on. There was a servant boy in the house and one night he stayed out very late. When he was taking off his shoes the fairies began their antics, he ran down in the room the fairies flung a pan of potatoes after him. The next night some beggars came to the house and the boy laughed at them. When the beggar-woman heard him, she said to him "you were not so smart at all last night when you ran down in the room, and now if you do not go out and eat a plant that grows near the door or you will soon see the other side." He went out and ate the plant and the fairies left the house.

There was a man named John Ryan, one time and he used to see the fairies hurling every night in Barry's lios. One night he was coming home from Killaloe and he saw the fairies hurling, so he went in and asked the fairies what was the match. They replied "the red caps against the green caps". One of the fairies came to him and asked him which side was the better for hurling and he said the red caps were the better. When the hurling was over the green caps won. Then the fairies took him into their house and showed him to the queen. They all started dancing and singing. The queen had great welcome for him and she gave him a bottle. He got drunk, he fell asleep and when he awoke in the morning he was abroad in Barry's field.