School: Más an Easa (B.) (roll number 14775)

Location:: Masiness, Co. Donegal
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Stories about the Fairies

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Duntally was always a fairy fort and many people saw the fairies there. Once upon a time two men were cutting a tree in Duntally Wood. The woman of the house called them in to their supper, but they said "Wait till we get the tree cut." It was getting very late, and the tree was not cut yet. They stopped to rest, and then they heard music in the rocks below them. They listened, and the music stopped. They commenced work again, when a crowd of little men dressed in red came up to them, and pushed them down the rocks before them. The men never came back to their homes again but were seen after that dancing along with the fairies.
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Language

English

Collector
Antony Mc Fadden
Gender

Male
Address

Ummerafad, Co. Donegal

Informant
Mrs Kate Gillespie
Gender

Female
Age

81
Address

Ummerafad, Co. Donegal

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