School: Cnoc Luinge (C.) (roll number 11665)
- Location:
- Knocklong, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 022
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- (continued from previous page)branch or a blossom from it for fear of incurring the wrath of the fairies. An other popular tradition is that Cromwell hanged innocent men and women on this tree and that beneath it lies a buried treasure. This may be true but no one dares to explore this treasure - it is guarded by the fairies. Certain people however need have no fear of this tree thus the song says
"But those whose hearts are clean,
Need never fear the fairy-tree
That grows beyonds Clogheen."
- Long ago when a priest had to go to the sick at night he took his horse(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Curtis
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocklong, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballincarroona, Co. Limerick
