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School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)

Location:
Lenamore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brian Mac Tomas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 132

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    and are supposed to eat sloes and blackberries, and nobody is to eat them after that night. When a person is out later than twelve o'clock at night the fairies are supposed to catch him. A man was out picking up sticks on a Sunday and he was supposed to be taken up into the moon. If the crops are not sown on the first of March they are supposed not to be lucky.
    The fairies are supposed to come to houses at night and turn chairs upside down and they are al-
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maire Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Legan, Co. Longford