School: Sceichín an Rince, Cloichín an Mhargaidh
- Location:
- Skeheenaranky, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Domhnall Ua Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0573, Page 170
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- (continued from previous page)When he got near the lios, he heard music and dance. When he got to the lios he stood and listened to the music. After a while he fell asleep. When he awoke, he was old and grey, because he had been two hundred years asleep. He lived only two days after.
- One night as a man was coming home from a dance, he had to pass by two houses where nobody was living. Before he got tot eh first house he saw a ball of light. He went on until he came to where he saw it, and again he saw the light. He would not be let pass by a dog, that attacked him and light shone round him, and he had to turn back again and go home a different road.One night a man was coming home from a fair, with a horse and creel, he had to go by an old road in(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Skeheenaranky, Co. Tipperary
