School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)
- Location:
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 111
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- One night long ago in Rossmacowen, there was a carpenter working in a house, and when they were eating their supper the mother of the man of the house got a weakness, and he caught her. She did not get better after this, and she died very soon. When the carpenter went home he saw a crowd of men threshing oats in a field, and a woman turning it for them. When the carpenter came back the next morning the woman that was sick. was dead. This happened about sixty years ago.
- Collector
- Margaret Harrington
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Nellie Harrington
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
Fairy Stories
“When my great grandfather was living he was taken away by the fairies one evening when he was threshing oats.”
When my great grandfather was living he was taken away by the fairies one evening when he was threshing oats. In the middle of the night he found himself on the top of Mischius. He came home two(continues on next page) - Collector
- Margaret Harrington
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Nellie Harrington
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork