School: St Boden's, Culdaff
- Location:
- Culdaff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 189
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- (continued from previous page)and he said "look at the cockroach carrying away the corn".
So he went over and looked to see how much corn was carried away and he said, "the next time it comes back I will catch it" So it came back and the man caught it and put it in a match-box and put it in his pocket.
That night there came a little boy into the house and said "you have my Granny in your pocket". The man said, "no I have not your Granny in my pocket," then the little boy began to cry." yes you have her in a match"-box".
The man opened the match-box and the cockroach turned into a woman and ran away with the little boy. The man said that she was a fairy.
- Collector
- Mary Shiels
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mary Ann Long
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Laraghirril, Co. Donegal
