School: Scropul, Mullach (roll number 8241)

Location:
Drummin, Co. Clare
Teacher:
M. Ó Callanáin
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    A Story
    A certain man in this Parish has a fort in his land ,and one night he was visiting at a neighbour's house and when he was returning home he came by the fort.He saw a small man dressed in red and a black cap,he held a book in his hand and he was calling the rolls.There did about forty come out of the fort and one of them demanded a horse,and he took a rush from under his arm and every one of them had a horse in a minute ,and the man that was going home asked for one and he had a splendid horse also.The king of the fairies went first and they all followed him in a line.They were not gone long when they went into a big city.The king of the fairies asked the man did he know where he was and the man said,"you are in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownagry South, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John O' Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Carrownagry South, Co. Clare