School: Beárna Dhearg (B) (roll number 14633)

Location:
Barnaderg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Flaithrí Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0026, Page 0236

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  1. There was once a man and he was very much afraid of wind but he was a great hurler an runner So one evening as he was after the cows he heard the trees on each side of him shaking and then he thought of "May Day" that the fairies wind was coming" no sooner had this thought left his mind than he was taken away and landed before a palace where there was a team of "Munster" fairies and the Connaught team (of) were short one man so they
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Fahy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70