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School: Mount Delvin

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Mountdelvin, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 048

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    splashed up as high as the sky. They then saw a coach with two white horses drawing it and fairies dancing within in it and they were saying Wo! to you : You little man : He got a stick next day and burned it. When he woke next morning all his hair was on the pillow case. Every night since he burned the stick he used to see a man with a light on his head every time he went he heard chattering. It was fairy laughing.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Mc Cormac
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Culkeen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Cormac
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Culkeen, Co. Roscommon