School: Sessiagh Uí Néill
- Location:
- Sessiagh (O'Neill), Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Liam Mac Meanman
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“About seventy years ago a man who lived in Meenbane along with his wife. One night about two o clock there came a knock to the door.”
About seventy years ago a man who lived in Meenbane along with his wife One night about two o clock there came a knock to the door. the man rose and opened it he met a fairy. The fairy said to him if you dont die inside two years I will give you a pot of gold. The man said it is only God knows whether I will or not. So the man never heard or saw the fairy after that. His wife died about a month after that. People say it was a token to show him that it was his wife not himself.
- Collector
- Annie Grant
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickmagrath, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John H. Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Meenglass Wood, Co. Donegal