School: Aughnadary (roll number 5650)
- Location:
- Cloonerra, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: S. de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 387
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“Long ago it said that there were fairies in a forth on the side of Leitrim hill and there was a man who used to pass by it every night going and coming from rambling.”
Long ago it said that there were fairies in a forth on the side of Leitrim hill and there was a man who used to pass by it every night going and coming from rambling. One night two men made it up to frighten him so they got a white sheet put it around them and sat beside a wall. They heard him coming and made terrible grunts. He saw the thing and got such a fright that he fell dead the two men got up and tried to put life in him but it was no good.
A few nights after they were coming home themselves and as they were crossing a wall they saw a big turkey and all the (the) time was rising up so they made off running and he turned into a barrel came after them and nearly killed but they never went out to frighten anybody after.
- Informant
- Mrs Garaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Leitrim, Co. Roscommon