School: Taite Buí (Blackstaff)
- Location:
- Tattyboy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Mac Bhloscaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 283
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- A Fairy StoryThere was once an old fort, and a man came and cut it all away, except one tree. He put out the cows on it, and in a long time after, the girl of the house went out to milk them. When she was milking for some time, she looked into the can but there was no milk in it. She went home and told the people of the house. On her way she heard voices singing " The man went up and took home the cows and never allowed them to remain in that field again". If the man of the house knew that, that annoyed the fairies by cutting down the fort, and the fairies were having revenge by taking away the cows milk.(This story was told by Mrs W. Rooney, Drumganny)
- Informant
- Mrs W. Rooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumganny, Co. Monaghan
