School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 125
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“There was once a woman. She had a young daughter.”
(continued from previous page)It put a hole in the child's body. It is said that should not shed a tea on a child's clothes or it will put a black mark on the child's body.
A Story
“Once up on a time there lived a beautiful woman.”
Once upon a time there lived a beautiful woman. She was out in the field one night. When she was after milking the cows.
She was bringing in the milk into the house. She hit her foot against a stone and she fell to the ground. The fairies brought her to the fort. When her husband went out. He found an old thing in her place.
The woman died shortly. Her husband did not know what(continues on next page) - Collector
- Florrie O' Hara
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Breastagh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs O' Hara
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Breastagh, Co. Mayo