School: Coolcappa, Árd-achadh (roll number 11955)
- Location:
- Coolcappagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Shíthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0501, Page 318
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- Long ago around this locality there was a high hill and on top of it a house was built. The person who built it used to live in it for the Summer. There was an old fairy ground and they were very angry and they hunted them away.
At one time they would appear like horses with eagle wings and some of the cattle died with the fright. The farmer went up and sat on a large stone and started to play the pipes. They all sat around him like a swarm of bees.
Then one of them turned into a large black cat and that did not(continues on next page)
