School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 214
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“In the olden times the belief was that the country was filled with Fairies.”
(continued from previous page)soon as they made any remarks about her she had disappeared again. Then they understood that it was better make no remarks when they would see her. One day the man took a big stick with him and went close to where he had the calf staked.And the cow came and stood along the ditch for the calf to go sucking on her. The man made no remarks but put his hand across the wall and caught the cow's tail. So she plunged and dragged him over the wall, and went through hedges, ditches and every thing she came up to until she came to the Fort. The man kept whacking(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Rogers
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathbaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Rogers
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathbaun, Co. Mayo