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School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

Location:
Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 338

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    One night a man was going home out of Hacketstown and as he was going along the road a little man ran in between his legs and took him up on his shoulders and carried him until he got up to a hill. The man did not know where he was until morning. When he wakened up he found himself on the top of a hill. He took off his coat and left it on the ground and put a stone over it and went home. Then the fairies had no more power over him.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Willoughby
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Brigid Willoughby
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    41
    Address
    Hacketstown, Co. Carlow