School: Bunlahy, Granard
- Location:
- Bunlahy, Co. Longford
- Teachers: Mrs Brady Cáit Bean Uí Bhrádaigh
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The Fairy Ride
Collected by Bernadot Ni Bhradaigh Culcor, Granard. There was a young lad coming through a field near a fort one night and a whole lot of fairies took him, and put him on a calf's back, and told him not to speak.
The calf started to run and he jumped three ditches. When the lad saw this he said: speak or no speak that was a great jump for a calf. The fairies left him there and he had to walk home fifty miles.
- Collector
- Bernadot Ní Bhrádaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolcor, Co. Longford
- 66 The Fairy Hunt
There was a man coming from his ceilide one very bright night. He looked out into a field and he saw a very big hunt. He could not stop himself and he ran(continues on next page)
