School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)
- Location:
- Ganty, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0244
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- There was once a house and no one would sleep in it, because there was very often a fairy in it. This man said that himself was not afraid and that he would sleep in it. He sat beside the fire to take a smoke before he would go to bed.
A man came down the chimney and sat beside him. He asked him for a smoke and the man handed him the pipe. When he had enough smoked he handed him back the pipe again. He told him he had three crocks of gold, and he showed him where they were hidden. He told him to give(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garracloon, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Bartly Buckley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Garracloon, Co. Galway
