School: Garbally, Banagher
- Location:
- Garbally, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: D. Ryder
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- (continued from previous page)on a big shovel and pitch her over the stream and their right sister would come back. They did as they were told and so their right sister came back. Their sister told them all the news and all the good houses herself and the fairies visited at night. There was one house in particular they visited every night. The door was never locked against them. They eat bread, meat and all the food in the house. When they used to be going away they used to leave twice as much presents behind them as that they never missed what used to be taken. So that ends the story thirty years ago to-day. Put down the kettle and make the tea and if you don't live(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garbally, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Michael Madden
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 32
- Address
- Garbally, Co. Offaly
