School: Mullach na Sídhe (C.) (roll number 15426)
- Location:
- Fairymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0239, Page 207
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- (continued from previous page)circle that was in a field and he told him there was something going to happen + he did. And after a few minutes past the girl came like a roaring lion + was runing round the circle but she could'nt get in + she mean't to kill him but when she saw she could'nt get in she went at last then the man told him he could["nt" struck out and enclosed within parentheses] come home that all was + never be out after twelve o'clock again. It was said that fairies brought her and they thought he wanted her back.
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There was a man coming across Curragh + as he was coming up a passage + he saw a lit candle and [passage with various strike outs and parentheses as follows: (a candle (holding a) and) (candle)] a hand holding it and he never saw anything before in his life + he never [struck out and enclosed in parentheses: "saw"] went that way again. His name was Thomas Lilly.
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There was another man also namely Tady Lavin Lisduff and he was milking on the same passage as T. Lilly and when he looked behind him he saw a big black cat standing beside him + he dissappeared again + he went home without half milking(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire E. Ní Druraide
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Buckill, Co. Roscommon
