School: Lathach Barr

Location:
Ardbane or Laghy Barr, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seaghan Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 237

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  1. My Grandfather Paddy Travers or Paddy Eoin [sic] as he was called saw a fairy when he was a little boy about seven years old.
    One misty evening when gathering ducks for his mother near a river he saw a little baby dressed in white sitting in a bramble of bushes.
    He hurried home for his mother to come and take home the little baby but she got frightened and would not go.
    There was no neighbours child missing that night or morning so it must have being [been] a fairy.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bella Travers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballykillowen, Co. Donegal