School: Dún Mór (cailíní)

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1. Lios in Castlefarm (continued)

   

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   them that one morning he went out at day-break and began to plough near the lios, and a friend of his who had been dead for years told him to cease working at such early hours. He did as he had been advised, went back to bed for a few hours and when he returned he found that half the field had been ploughed in his absence. He then yoked in his horses, began to plough and did an ordinary day's work. A few weeks later his cow strayed from him one evening and he could not find her.
   It was near midnight when he went to the lios in search of her and he had a lantern in his hand because the night was very dark. As he came near the lios he heard the nicest music he ever heard played. After a while it changed into a kind of "caoining".
   He became very much afraid of this strange sound and he left the field and returned home and told his wife and family. Very soon after he became ill and he lived only six weeks.
   Ever since people take care that they

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   P. Glennon

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   51

   Occupation

   Smith

   Address

   Dunmore, Co. Galway