School: Crosspatrick, Johnstown
- Location:
- Crosspatrick, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: P. Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0869, Page 170
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“There was a rath in the Islands and there were fairies living in it.”
(continued from previous page)Long ago people used to have to get up early to go to the market in Kilkenny. One morning there was a Mrs. Maher and a Mrs. Darcy going to the market with fowl. They had no clock and they thought it was about two oclock but it was only twelve. When they came to King's Bush a big white ball rolled out in front of them and it kept rolling until it came to Foulkscourt Bridge then it opened out into a big light. The ass they had would not go on so they had to wait a long time. At last they turned the ass around and backed him past the light and then they went on.
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“When the Dwyers were in the Rectory they had a housekeeper.”
When the Dwyers were in the Rectory they had a housekeeper. One day they went off and late that night the housekeeper heard the Avenue gates open and a carriage come in. She went to open the hall door but when she looked out there was nothing there.
And every night footsteps used to follow her husband up the avenue when he would be coming home late at night. - Collector
- Mauraid Foley
- Gender
- Female