School: Scoil na gCeithre Máighistrí, Dún na nGall (roll number 14247)
- Location:
- Copany, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cathal Mag Fhionntaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1035, Page 234
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- Once a man whose name was Denis Lesslie had started to build a byre. One day a man came down the street with a stick in his hand. He stopped for a while and talked about the byre and he said, “Take away that byre.“Why,” asked the other man, “should I take it away” “When I have it build this far I shall go on with the building of it.”Do not build any more of it said the strange man. “Why,” asked the other. “ “Because, said he “it is on our road to the fairies. The man, in spite of the warning, built(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Gillespie
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Loughcuill, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Joseph Gillespie
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughcuill, Co. Donegal
