School: Munlough
- Location:
- Munlough North, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: D. Brady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 224
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- (continued from previous page)"I think we will make for this light" says John. "All right" says Ned who always consented to what John said. When they came to the place where the light was they saw it was a big castle. They went in but there was no body in it. They went into a dining-room and saw everybody to eat and drink on the table. They sat down and ate their fill. When they had all eaten they said to each other that they would have to hide. So the two of them hid under a sofa that was in the room. After a while they heard music and a crowd of little fairies came in and they playing all sorts of music. There was a little man dressed in red and he made a rule that everybody would have to sing a song, tell a story or give a bit of a dance. The whole fairies went round the table and they singing and dancing. Then one little man got up and began to(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Charles Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gowlan, Co. Cavan
