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School: Síolach (roll number 12266)

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Sheelagh, Co. Louth
Teacher:
S. Ó Gnímh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0663, Page 152

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    Once there was a man who was very poor and he was always going about asking the neighbours if they could tell him a way by which he could get money. One night he was told in a dream that there was fairies in a fort behind the house and on a moonlit night they are always there.
    The next night he went to the fort at eleven o'clock and found them there and they if he would help them they would show him where gold was buried. The man helped them and when they were finished
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Callan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawnamore, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Carragher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawnamore, Co. Louth