School: Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) (roll number 1620)
- Location:
- Cooladawson, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mag Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1100, Page 75
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- (continued from previous page)to the mountain to cut turf.
When they arrived at their destination they unyoked the cart and sent the horse to graze and they went to their work.
They were not long working when they heard the noise of chains and a shout and looking round the farmer saw his horse going up a nearby hill with a little man on his back as a rider and all of a sudden both disappeared and never were heard of since.
- There is a quarry in Craigmagowan and one day a man came to work at this place. He was not long working until a little woman appeared to him and told him to quarry no more there.
She then disappeared and the man went home and no one tried to work there since.
It is told that music was heard there different times since at(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brigid Reid
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr P. Reid
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cavan Upper, Co. Donegal
