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 461
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(continued from previous page)on top of the mount. This field was owned by a man named Keelan and his posterity own it still.
Mary Black was a great dancer. She could step dance and do every kind of dance. She went to nearly every Ceilidhe that was on about the place.
She won a terrible lot of competitions in dancing also. She used to dance on the big flag at the opening to St. Patrick's well nearly every day.
One day she and Ann Gogarty were going up to the field to milk and when they were at the top of the field what do you think they saw but about a hundred little fairies and they all playing football.
When the fairies seen that the women had(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brendan Mc Quillan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Old Hill, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mary Meehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sampson's Lane, Co. Louth