School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 292
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One time there was a man after being married + he came home that night after his honeymoon The wife said to the man that was there to watch her. After a while she went out, another woman came in, in her place. The real wife went to her brother, + told him she was taken by the fairies, + to meet her the following evening at sunset, at a certain gap. The brother told the rest of his friends, + they all met at the gap. They saw six fairies coming on, six white horses, + the wife was one of them. The brother made a grab at her + missed, + she was never seen again.
- The Cards + the Devil
One time there was a man + was very good at playing cards. This night he went to play for a turkey + he won it. When he was coming home that night, he met a man with a table under his arm. He asked him to play a game of cards + he said he would but he had no candle. The man said he had a candle + he produced one out of(continues on next page)
