School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 125
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“A man and his wife had one son. He was always out very late at night.”
(continued from previous page)The father caught hold of him and it was his son.
He was brought away by the fairies so he told the father the only way to get him back was to fight for him. He said they would be coming down the field in front of the door and he said he would be riding a certain coloured horse.
The parents were so overjoyed that they would get their son, that they gatered up all the people they could, and gave them plenty of whiskey. At about twelve o'clock the horses came down the field. The people started to fight for the boy. They were so drunk that they were not able to get him, and after that the boy was never seen any more.
- Collector
- Joe Harkin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Francie Harkin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim