School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 344
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- Once there was a woman and a man who lived in a little lonely house on the side of a road. They used to go to fairs. One night they were going to a fair and the woman heard music in the field. Said she to the man. "Do you hear any music"
"No" said the man "I don't"
"Do you hear it now" said she
"Oh I do" said the man
"I'm going in to hear it" said the woman.
"Do not" said the man.
"Oh I will" said the woman and she went in. And she met a little man coming out.
"Where are you going my woman" he said.
"I am going in to hear the music" she said,
"Will you join us" he said
"I will"said the woman.
"Come in here" he said and he brought her into the fort and put her sitting on a silver chair. And the fairies all danced around her playing music. In the meantime the man went to the fair and as he was coming home he went into the fort to see his wife. And he met the same little man that his wife had met.
"Where is my wife" he said
"She is in that fort over there"
"Get her for me" said the man
"Come over with me and I'll get her for you" said the fairy.
So they went over to the fort and the man saw his wife sitting on a sliver chair and all the fairies dancing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Desmond Hopkins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knocklehaugh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr J Hopkins
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knocklehaugh, Co. Mayo
