School: Killaraght (roll number 11755)
- Location:
- Killaraght, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Annie Brennan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 094
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“Every where the Irish folk are are known and remarked for their superstition and for giving credit to ghost and fairy tales.”
(continued from previous page)when they observed a woman dressed in, white in the distance. They came on until they passed her out, nervous no doubt. She started to run and they did like-wise, until they were coming to the crossroads. There she vanished. Several people have claimed to have seen that woman in or about the same place.
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“The fairies or good people as they are generally called abound in every locality.”
The fairies or good people as they are generally called abound in every locality. They live in raths or forths. There lived a man in this locality with one of these forths on his land. He and the good people were on good terms and every enterprise he started went on flourishing. This continued for some-time(continues on next page) - Collector
- Annie Mary Goldrick
- Gender
- Female