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School: Árd Phádraig

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Ardpatrick, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pilib Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0509, Page 296

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  1. The Fairy Dancers

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    There are many fairy tales told by old people around this district.
    It is said that the fairies or Sídeóga as they are sometimes called live in moats.
    There are also fairy women which are called "bean síde".
    People say that the fairy woman is heard crying mournfully when anyone is dead.
    Long ago the people called the fairies "na daoine maite".
    Once a man was coming home late at night drunk and he laid down on the roadside near a moat which was occupied by the fairies.
    After a time he heard the fairies singing and dancing around the moat.
    They asked the man to join them in the dancing but he refused and went home as fast as he could and when he reached home there was froth coming from his mouth and he had to remain in bed for
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Reidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardpatrick, Co. Limerick