School: Killurine

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Cill Iúirín, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
Teacher:
Ss Hutton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0804, Page 098

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0804, Page 098

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  3. XML “The Sheeawn”
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  1. The Sheeawn
    There is a siocan in one of Coltons fieldd in Ballinvalley. Music is often heard inside in it. Fintan Kirwan heard it one time. The field is never tilled because the people believe misfortune would come to those who would tuch it. It is 6 or 7 feet deep. There are 10 or 12 little hills at the north side of it.
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  2. A man ploughed a field in my grandfather's fields in Killeen more one day. In the evening after tea he went out to look at the work he had done. He sat on the handles of the plough. A Fairy blast came. "If this plough were a horse I would go with you", Said the man. No sooner had he said the words than the plough and himself were taken into the air and was brought to the far side of Derry. No one ever heard of him after.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Murray
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Baile an Bhealaigh, Co. Uíbh Fhailí