School: Tomghéis (roll number 9239/9277)
- Location:
- Tumgesh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Casaide
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- (continued from previous page)and sparks coming up and out of the grave. He gave a whip to the horse and he galloped away, until he came into the barn, with the man on his back and he trembling like a hare. Then when he came into the house he said that it was the fairies who brought his wife. He dreamt one nightthat his wife was going to the north and to be out at four o'clock in the morning, and while they would be passing to shake holy water on her and he would be able to restore his wife, but as he was too cowardly to so, he could not claim her.
- There was once a house in Ballydrim and one time, they used to bring in at night, the water for the next morning.
One morning they went to put water in the kettle and they saw it was of a reddish colour like blood.
They didn't use this water for breakfast but didn't spill it out. Later on they put it in the pugs feeding and next day the pigs died.
(N.B. Evidently there is more to the story, but I couldn't(continues on next page)
