School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs Corish
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0872, Page 135
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- They is a rath in Rathnageera It is now owned by Mr Maurice Murphy. At midnight each night in this rath a ring of fairies is seen dancing for an hour One night a man was coming home from a house and he saw these faries dancing. He said he would not look at the fairies that night but he would go the next night and see the fairies So he went the next night When he went the fairies were again dancing. He sat looking at them for a long time Then all at once the fairies caught sight of him and they stopped dancing and disappeared The man sat there for a little while. Then all at once(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Curtis
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathnageeragh, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mr Moses Curtis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathnageeragh, Co. Wexford
