School: An Carraigín (roll number 13836)
- Location:
- Carrigeen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Oireachtaigh
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He then returned home to his hut and he says, Mother, I have a good means of supporting my wife and child now. I have a table cloth and any time you wish for all sorts of eating and drinking you'll have it. Dear son, My heart is sore for a feed of colcannon. How will I dirty my table cloth with your colcannon? but as you wish for it you must have it.
She made a hearty meal on the colcannon. He felt happy being able to maintain his wife for the year. Another year passed by and there was another young son born. Hallow eve came again and he said he would visit the fort to see what the fairies were doing to-night. There were two men on the piers of the gate or guard again. He asked them what the fairies were doing inside. They said, go along you fool, you have robbed the fairies for the last two years. You have taken the King of Scotland's daughter that we had for a wife for the King, and the table cloth that we had for his support. He drew the whip and knocked them down again. They said don't kill us and we'll(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Ernest Hanley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lavagh, Co. Roscommon
