School: Cromadh (C.) (roll number 9307)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Mhic Eoin
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“The Lurgadaun, as he is called locally, follows in this place all the conventional lurgadaun stories.”
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“Other fairies, too, live in our local forts, apparently, or did long ago anyhow.”
Other fairies too, live in our local forts, apparently, or did long ago anyhow. A story here tells of a little girl whose mother sent her to school. On the way the child had to pass a fort and this was where the child really went every day.The mother had no idea of this, but noticed that the child was becoming very thin and pale. She tried all the remedies she heard of, but the child continued to grow more delicate looking. She never complained, but when it was suggested she should stay from school she cried bitterly. A travelling woman came into the house one day and said to the mother. "Unless you do something, that child will soon be gone from you.". The poor mother(continues on next page)