School: An Caiseal Árd (roll number 16442)
- Location:
- Cashelard, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraic M. Mac Gongail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 104
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“Once upon a time there was a wishing well in this district that belonged to the fairies.”
Once upon a time there was a wishing well in this district that belonged to the fairies. At the same time there lived a girl close by and anyone who went to it while the dew was on the grass and wished for anything the fairies would give it to them. For seven morning[s?] the girl went to the well and each morning she took three drops of the wate[r?} while the dew was on the grass. On the seventh morning she did not return and it is said that the[y?] took her away and the spot was ever after wards called the Fairy Glen.
- Collector
- Bella Devanny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cashelard, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Brian Devanny
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 70
- Address
- Cashelard, Co. Donegal