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School: Grange (roll number 3759)

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Grange, Co. Sligo
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Tomás de Búrca
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  1. Feidhlim with the Fairies

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    There lived in Barnaderrig, near Grange, Co. Sligo, about a hundred years ago, a man named Fedhlim Friel. Feidhlim had a small farm of land.
    One night he went out to see his sheep. There was a fort in the field in which the sheep were. He saw a number of fairy horsemen around the fort.
    One of the horsemen gave him a horse to ride and told him not to speak while riding. Feidhlim's horse raced away and jumped across a lake.
    "If I never spoke that was a great jump," said Feidhlim.
    Feidhlim had hardly the words out of his mouth when he found himself riding on a white calf in his own garden.
    He went out again
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aggie Gilmartin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Gilmartin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Occupations
    Farmer
    Labourer
    Address
    Grange, Co. Sligo