School: Roxboro
- Location:
- Roxborough, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Ruairc
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- A girl by the name of Mary Kenny lived in Roxboro. She was milking the cows one night in the cow house when a black hand came in through the door and she nearly died she turned black.
When the man did not bring the girl the fairies fought a battle in Kennys field and it was covered with blood in the morning. It happed happened that the other fairies won and the brought the girl out of the bed a few nights after. and left [a] back a sick one. A tall man used to come to the window every night talking to her. A man by the name of Micheal McDermot seen them and the tall man went off in a ball of fire. The girl would not eat anything and when(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Delamere
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Roxborough, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Roxborough, Co. Roscommon
