1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Kilmuckridge

School: Kilmuckridge

Location:
Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
L. Mac Donnell
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 190

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 190

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Kilmuckridge
  2. XML Page 190
  3. XML “Wee Folk in Kilmuckridge”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Wee Folk in Kilmuckridge (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    their mid-day meal + tea.
    One dark November day they were so gathered in his barn about half past one clock
    the door was closed and the light inside was poor - there being but one small window.
    There was standing in the Barn opposite the door, a Winnowing machine the business end of which was facing the little light that came from beneath the door.
    Mr Walsh states that he was nearest the winnowing machine + on the opposite side of the barn when during a strange lull in the conversation - three small men came out of the bottom of the winnowing machine - or from the part where the cleaned corn comes out.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    W.J. Mac Donald
    Gender
    Unknown
    Age
    55