School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 221
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“A story a story I'll tell you just now. It's of a poor man and he had one cow.”
(continued from previous page)Arrah why did you die
With my Drimin dubh dilis
an céad mile slan
And its home and rome
my poor Drimin Dubh
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“There was a woman one time who always talked bad about fairies.”
There was a woman one time who always talked bad about fairies.One night when she was going to bed she was talking about them. The fairies came in and began to dance through the house, and would not go out. When the fairies got them all to bed they came to the baby and threw something into its eyes. In the morning the child could not see.
The mother took the baby to the priest and the priest said she was always talking about the fairies and he could not cure the baby