School: Sessiagh Uí Néill

Location:
Sessiagh (O'Neill), Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Liam Mac Meanman
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    Once upon a time the fairies stole a woman's baby and left another one in its place.

    Once upon a time the fairies stole a woman's baby and left another one in its place. It got so heavy that she could not work with it and it kept crying all the time. She took it to the priest and another woman had to help her with it. They had a distance of two mile to go. The priest told her it was only a lump of a stick and to throw it into the first water hole she would meet and she would get her own baby back again. He told her she would lose something else but so valuable. She got back her own baby. The next day one of her best calves ran away to the place where she threw the baby.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Mc Menamin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Tom Patton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Navenny, Co. Donegal