School: Leithead (roll number 5480)
- Location:
- Lehid, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0462, Page 294
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- Long ago there was a man by the name of Jack Caffey from Caherciveen, and every night he used be out with the fairies. His first cousin died, and, an her name was Mary Caffey. One night there was a man passing a sports field, and he saw all the fairies playing goal in the field. The girl that died was there and the man who used used be with the fairies was there also. He was watching them a long time, and he went home and told about the fairies. The man that used(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Neil O Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mister O Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Bunaw, Co. Kerry
