School: Baile na Manach (roll number 11488)

On this page

1. The Shegee

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   This story happened about a century ago in a farm in Bally Fou Loo. An old women who lived there at that time went picking sticks or furze as was her custom to boil the skilit.When she came to the corner of the field where a big hawthorn bush was growing or as they called it that time a scarteen. Her eyes stood in her head with fright for almost on every thorn there was paper as she thought stuck. On drawing closer she discovered it was paper money, she was afraid to touch it because she said it surely belonged to the fairies. She ran home in haste. She told the neighbours about it, and of course the news spread like wild fire. It eventually came to the ears of the farmer who owned the land. He of course went to the spot and claimed it as his, because it was found on his land. How the money got there is a mystery, but the old people say that the money was blown into the bush by a She-gee.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sean Doyle

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Occupation

   Schoolboy

   Address

   Monkstown, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Doyle

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyfouloo, Co. Cork