School: Achadh Mhaoláin (roll number 9254)
- Location:
- Aghawillin, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs Prior
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 342
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- (continued from previous page)of the crowd and for them to catch her and hold her tight and then the Good People would never have power to bring her away again.
She also told them to have a pinch of salt to put in her mouth and bring her up to the house.
So when the girl came along on the white horse the two boys went to make the Grab for her but one of them got weak and fell and the other boy caught her but wasn't able to hold her tight enough and he had to let her go.
Then in a few days after that the boy that caught her turned on his feet and he never did any good after that.
- Collector
- Josephine Maxwell
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Kellagher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sradrinan, Co. Leitrim
