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School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eoin
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  1. The Fairy Woman

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    A woman went into a farm house once and asked for a bit of bread. The woman of the house gave it to her and she went off but she came again the next day. She then asked for a bit of bacon and the woman of the house gave it to her but the people of the house watched her and she went into a moate in Kiltrassy.
    She came again for a loan of a pinch of oatenmeal saying that she would give it back when they would get their own from the mill. A few days later she returned again and brought the meal back in a beautiful table-cloth.
    There was not a bird in the air that was not on ir nor a fish of the sea. The fairy woman went into the rath in Kiltrassy and she was never seen afterwards.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Neill
    Gender
    Female