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School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

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Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0395

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  1. Young Man Taken by Fairies

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    1. Long ago there were six people out in a boat on Loughatorick lake. The went out so far that they lost this young fellow named Lynch.
    2. They tried to pull him up and what they pulled up was a fairy. It is said that the fairies left somebody else instead of young Lynch.
    3. They put it into the boat and brought it to the parents that night, they held a wake and everybody came that night. A whole lot of people came riding on horseback. They were the fairies that came for the man.
    4. That night
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnaboy, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Abberton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Abbey, Co. Galway