School: Cloncarneel

Location:
Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 288

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  1. There was a man one time travelling by foot from Kells. Night came on him. Coming through a field, he met the fairies and they would not let him home. They kept him there all night. He said a woman with red hair gave him a drink of milk.
    There was a man in Tully one day and he seen the fairies. They were kicking a ball and the kept kicking it to him and he had to kick it back to them. The kept him there till morning and he was nearly dead.
    There is a tree at the called "crann-na-[?] There is supposed to be a little man making
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncarneel, Co. Meath