School: St. Mary's (B.), Droichead Átha (roll number 15125)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: A. Mac Uidhlinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 453
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“This is a true story, this Fairy tale happened at Beamore Co. Meath, in the Parish of St. Marys Drogheda, I have seen the woman.”
This is a true story, this Fairy tale happened at Beamore Co. Meath, in the Parish of St. Mary's Drogheda, I have seen the woman.
A small gray woman went into a poor woman with a houseful of children. The fairy asked "Would you have a can of milk and meal".
"I haven't it for myself", said the mother of the house. "Smaller and smaller may your store get", said the Fairy.
The fairy went into another house and asked, "Would you have a can of milk and a can of meal". "Yes and a hundred welcomes, you can have two cans of milk and two cans of meal", said the woman of the house. The Fairy said "Richer and richer may your store get".
After a few days the Fairy came back with the milk and meal.
The mother said, "Keep it , I have milk and food Galore, for I have never refused any poor person or anybody". "You'll be a millionaire," said the Fairy. The person that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Matthew Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Old Hill, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mary Meehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sampson's Lane, Co. Louth