School: Alt an Chuilinn
- Location:
- Altachullion, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Brigid Martin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 014
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- The first cart ever seen in this district is supposed to have come to Althbrean, Swanlinbar.
A poor widow and her son lived in a poor little house near the (Cladac) Commas River. The boy was very good and quiet and every evening in summer he went down the ''Sracis'' along the bank of the river and played a fiddle.
Very often on bright nights he didn't return for hours.He was often very tired the next morning and he told his mother he always spent the night with the ''good people'' down at the ''Sracis.''
One night he didn't return and next day his mother went to look for him. She met a little fairy woman who told here that her son was in London. The
''bean-side'' explained how the boy had come as usual the previous night.
All the fairies were preparing to go to a(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Pat Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryrealt, Co. Cavan
