School: Scoil na mBráthar, Loch Garman (roll number 16742)

Location:
Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
An Br. D. C. Ó hÉilighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 405

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    lamb found in the grave, when they searched for it, though it had been laid by their hands deep in the earth and covered with clay.
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  2. There were some people working in a field near Lady's Island. They were tying corn. One of the women left her baby asleep on the headland. The owner of the field said he would look after the baby for her. As he watched the woman's child, a fairy came and took away the child and left her own in its place. The fairy child commenced crying as soon as it was laid down. When the mother heard the child crying she ran to take it up, but she was kept back by the old farmer. The fairy woman kept walking up and down in the adjoining field. But in the end she could not stand her child's crying. She came back with the woman's child and took her own. The woman never left the child out of her sight again. This happened over a hundred years ago.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mary Power
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Martinstown, Co. Wexford