School: Termon
- Location:
- An Tearmann, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Mrs Cooney
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- (continued from previous page)wear red coats and green caps.
They are supposed to live in the forts.
Their usual job is making shoes. They are supposed to have a lot of gold. The fairies are considered friendly.
I heard of a path that the fairies would go every night. A man was building a house on it, and at night it would be knocked. It is said that the fairies have taken babies out of the cradle, and have left one back in its place.
- Fairies were supposed to have been seen in Druminbawn Fort. There was a named John Tierney living beside the fort, and if he was away at a fair or market, when he would be coming home at night and when he would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Luke Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moher, Co. an Chabháin
