1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Skerries, Athy

School: Skerries, Athy (roll number 10975)

Location:
Skerries North, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
E. Tansey
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0781, Page 229

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0781, Page 229

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Skerries, Athy
  2. XML Page 229
  3. XML “Willie the Wisp”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Willie the Wisp

    Share Share Post
    Mr. Harry King of Ballybarna (Athy) was put astray one night. He was out counting the sheep. Willie the Wisp put him astray. Willie the Wisp is a big light. Harry King was going round the field looking for the gate. He could not find the gate until daybreak. When he thought he was at the gate he was at the ditch. He would not go into the field at night after that. My mammy told me this,
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Will-o’-the-wisp (~74)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Redmond
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardnagross, Co. Kildare