School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)
- Location:
- Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Liam Mac Coiligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 449
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- In olden times Fairies were supposed to be out. They lived in hills and large rocks.
Sometimes they used to take young people and leave old ones instead, and how this was found out when the people got old they used to leave them back again. They used to take good dancers or good singers. They were certain hills where faires lived, how it was found out they
- Once there was a man whose name was Doolan and he went to steal a bundle of hay out of Twyford one morning about four o'clock. When he had the bundle on his back and about to start with it a man with a big long pole out of his chin appeared to him. So he put the pole on the bundle of hay and Doolan could not stir. Doolan then went to the hedge and got a stick and began to beat the man but it was no use. Doolan sat down then and said he would bring(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annaghgortagh, Co. Westmeath
