School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)

Location:
Ganty, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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  1. An Old Story

    In times of old, it is said, a troop of fairies used to play about the borders of an Irish lake.

    An Old Story.
    In time of old, it is said, a troop of fairies used to play about the borders of an Irish lake. Eack fairy had golden hair and was beautiful to see as she tripped along through the meadows, in her bright green dress, leading a milk-white hound and driving before her a white cow whose coat shone like silver. One day a cow strayed from a fairy herd and was caught by an old farmer. He found her among his own cows and liked her colour, which was new to him. In those early times, we are told, the colour of all Irish cows was a mixture of red and white, old fairy cows were pure white, and there was not a black cow to be seen in all the land.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Glas Ghoibhneann (~76)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Brian Uniacke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Lissalondoon, Co. Galway