School: Raheenagh (B.), Ráthluirc (roll number 10814)
- Location:
- Raheenagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0493, Page 007
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - All sorts of stories were told about the fairies as soon as the people of the country parts began to believe in them. Many of these tales are full of pretty fancies.
In times of old it is said that a troop of fairies used to play about the borders of an Irish lake. Each fairy had golden hair and was beautiful to see, as she tripped along the meadows leading a milk white cow and whose coat shone like silver.
One day a cow strayed from a fairy herd and was caught by an old farmer. He found her among his own cows and liked her colour very much.
From that day onward the farmer grew richer and richer. The fairy cows milk was such as had never been tasted before. The butter and cheese made from it were the finest in the world(continues on next page)
