School: Boireann
- Location:
- Burren, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Bhriain
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- (continued from previous page)the river. The night was dark and they could not see very well. They just gave the mule "his head." (They let him go on unguided) Soon they felt the water touching them, soon they were deep in it, next the mule was swimming. The father clung on to him and the girl kept her hands clasped round the father. Thus they reached the opposite side safely but "soaked to the skin".
- Between Timoleague and Barryroe there is a townland called Cregane. Long ago people firmly believed that they USED TO HEAR THE DEAD PLAYING HURLEY in a goal-field there. The heard the cracking and hitting of the hurleys. Always they had a living man as goal minder. He used to be seen but only the sound of the others was heard. People firmly believed that the fairies took away living persons, who used to disappear for a time, hence the expression "He's gone in the fairies."(continues on next page)
