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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
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S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 045

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    were afraid to go to bed because they thought the houses might fall.
    In some places round about here the tops of sheds were carried off for a good distance.
    On that night some men were rambling in a neighbour's house in Rathskeagh and as they thought the house would fall they went out to see if they could get home. Just as they were about to go they thought they heard footsteps. They waited for them to come and what should come but fifteen little men dressed in grey and they wore red caps. They walked down the road until they came to a rath near this house and they went in there.
    The next day there was a cap found on the road and all the people came to look at it. One of the fairy men lost it the night before.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patsy Stokes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creeve, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    John Stokes
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Creeve, Co. Westmeath