School: Clochar na Trócaire, Meathas Truim (roll number 13313)
- Location:
- Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
- Teacher: An tSiúr Bernard
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 477
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“Not far from where I live there is a fort or fairy-swing...”
(continued from previous page)was passing by about twelve oclock at night. He heard a loud laugh. He went home to bed and the next morning all his hair was gone you can now see how unlucky it is to touch fairies.
- Once upon a time there was a soldier's bush in Goshen and no matter how often a person cut it down it would grown up again. On one occasion a man cut it down and one night he was in bed the fairies came to the house and they brought him out and turned him into a key. The reason its called a soldiers bush is because long ago there were soldiers killed and buried there. On another occasion a man cut it down because he did not want it in his field. The next morning when he got up all his horses were dead were the soldiers bush(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Master John Phillips
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corboy, Co. Longford
