School: Baile na hInse (roll number 7440)
- Location:
- Ballynahinch, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Muirghis
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 254
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Baile na hInse
- XML Page 254
- XML “Folklore - Old Forts”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- 28-11-37
I. Once upon a time a man was coming home from work and he had to pass a fort for that was the shortest way home. It was very late at night and his home was about six miles away. As he was passing the old "Fort" a fairy put out her head and said what "has kept you so late this night," the man turned and ran away, and the fairy followed him. The man jumped across a stream and the fairy stayed at the other side. "I dare you follow me" said the man. The fairy jumped across the stream and as the man was about to run the fairy caught him and beat him and it was morning when he reached home and as long as he lived he was never out late again.
- Informant
- John O' Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cappanakeady, Co. Tipperary
