School: Uillineach (roll number 6584)
- Location:
- Ullinagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Sibéal Pollock
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“Once upon a time there was a man who lived in Donegal.”
(continued from previous page)money he had with him, telling him he had just imptied the crock that very night.
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“Long ago people believed that there were fairies in Ireland.”
Long ago people believed that there were fairies in Ireland. The fairies would take away the babies, and if the baby's mother threw the tongs over the cradle the fairies would not take the child.
Once there was a woman who did not throw the tongs over the cradle. One night she was nursing her child and it was crying she said, "if you don't stop crying I'll rake you in the fire". With that the child flew up the chimney to the fairies, and there was a fairy left in its place.
One night Mat McNally was coming(continues on next page)