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School: Tamney (Robertson)

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Tawny, Co. Donegal
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Mrs Kyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1090, Page 355

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    exists in various parts of the country.
    This was that the fairies and witches were out on that night and they were riding on Broomsticks through the air, the fires are put up to keep them away.
    It is said that the fairies on midsummer night come and they play sweet music and entice the people to come with them and take them to their caves and the people do not come back again.
    After some years, some of the people comes back again and they never grow bigger and they always stay at the same seize as they went to the fairies caves.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St John (~208)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Thompson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Hugh Thompson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Moross, Co. Donegal