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School: St Boden's, Culdaff

Location:
Culdaff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 194

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    Once upon a time in a house close by a farmer wanted a servant. So a man came and he hired with the farmer for a year. This man could do anything. He could pull a load of turf and a load of stones in a cart, himself.
    At last, the people got "feared" of him. This evening they were at their tea and the servant looked out the window and he saw a hill on fire, and he ran out the door and said his people "was a burning". So the man never came back and they knew the man was a fairy.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh Mc Colgan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Joe Mooney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Clonca, Co. Donegal