School: St Boden's, Culdaff
- Location:
- Culdaff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 212
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- (continued from previous page)red cloak appeared to him and said to him that he had his wife in his pocket, the man said he hadn't. Then the wee man said that he had her in his match-box.
So the man took out his match-box and sure enough there was a wee woman sitting inside his match box begging him to let her out; and she said she would never milk the cow again.
The man let her out and both disappeared and were never seen again.
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- Collector
- Annie Long
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mary Ann Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Culdaff, Co. Donegal
