School: Lios Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 412
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- Once a tinsmith or tinker was going to a certain town to sell saucepans. On his way a lorry over him. In the lorry were two young men. They offered him sale for his saucepans if he would do them as a favour. He promised to carry out their orders. They gave him a seat in the lorry and when they had gone a few miles they stopped outside a house. In the house was a bride who had just been married. All the people was seated at the wedding feast within the house.
The men then told the tinker they were two fairies and that they had come to bring the bride. They told him she would sneeze three times and they put him up [?] to the people on one of the [?]. They forbade him say anything(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynamona, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James Brennan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynamona, Co. Mayo
