School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)

Location:
Goorey, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Úna M. Montgomery
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 47

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  1. Some people built a house in Glenburn near Cnockglass with stones quarried from a "gentle knoll" (fairy hill).
    Afterwards fairy lights were seen in the mounds around the house.
    Every child born in the house afterward had some defect mentally or physically. Hare lip was one peculiar affliction.
    There is a quarry in gentle ground at Glenburn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Úna M. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Goorey, Co. Donegal
  2. Before music was commonly played for dancing in farm houses a certain man used to have dances. He lilted for the dances a song called :-
    "The charming young widow, I met in the train".
    Later he married a widow.
    Afterwards when he was out after twelve o'clock the fairies used follow him chanting "The charming young widow I met in the train"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.