School: Rathnure (C.) (roll number 12480)
- Location:
- Rathnure Upper, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Bholguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 285
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- (continued from previous page)push, and immediately his eyes were opened. He found that he had got his wife Molly in his arms, and was lifting her off horseback.A great noise arose, and all sorts of wild unearthly creatures seemed to leap up around, tugging away at John, and trying to make him let go of his wife. But these vanished, as soon as John made the sign of the cross, and called upon the powers of Heaven to help him. There was then deep silence all about, and he found that his wife had fainted away in his arms.With the help of the neighbourly woman, John got Molly safely home.
She was soon quite her usual self again, and none the worse for her trip to fairyland.
- Informant
- Walter Clare
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Moneynamough, Co. Wexford
