School: Fermoyle (B.), Lanesboro (roll number 13320)
- Location:
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Eoghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 244
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- (continued from previous page)This story was told to me by John Kenny, Fermoyle, Lanesborough, Co Longford.
Tim Kenny, Fermoyle, Lanesborough, Co Longford.
- There was a poor noggin-maker who lived in a plantation in Cashel, Newtowncashel, Co. Longford. He used to go around selling noggins. One night he was passing home late and he saw a number of little men outside a cave. They invited him to supper with them. One of them said there was a girl married in Kildare and he meant to take her away with him. One of the fairies asked the noggin-maker did he know how to take her away. The man said he would bring a box of snuff and make her sneeze three times. "If no one should say God bless us I have her". The poor noggin-maker craved them to take him with them that he might sell his noggins. They put him on a calf and told him not to look behind until they would reach the spot(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Killian
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
- Informant
- Luke Killian
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
