School: Cúl Chaonaig (Coolkenney) (roll number 14631)
- Location:
- Culkeeny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: S. Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 434
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- There was once a man who lived in Glengad. He was a great fisherman. He used to go out every morning before daybreak to fish.
One morning he went out in the boat. When he was out a long distance from the land he found the boat was getting very hard to steer. He turned and looked round and to his great surprise he saw a little man sitting in the other side of the boat dressed in red. He asked the little man where he had come from or how had he come to be there. The latter said he was a fairy.
Both of them began to talk. They talked of death and the end of the world. The little man said every person on this world and especially the fairies would be at the last judgement. What? The man said "no". As the man was saying these words the little red man disappeared.
Then the fisherman went home. Next morning he went out about the same time as the morning before and they had the talk over again. The fisherman said that the fairies would not be at the last judgement. The little(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Malin, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 70
- Address
- Malin, Co. Donegal
