School: Muine an Mheadha

Location:
Monivea, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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    There was a old hawthorn bush in the village of Roundfield...

    There was an old hawthorn bush in the village of Roundfield and it was said that if anyone cut it down that they would die. One day a man went out to cut it and he heard a lot of little men dancing under the tree and he cut it and he fell dead.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Coffey
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Kileen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Roundfield, Co. Galway