School: Drumkilly
- Location:
- Drumkilly, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Owen Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0989, Page 322
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- About two hundred years ago a few men were playing cards in a house in Corlislea. Suddenly a little man appeared and began to play with them. After some time a card fell on the floor and one of the men on stooping to lift it saw that the little man had the feet of a horse. At about twelve o' clock the men arose to go home and the little man disappeared.
One of the men who was carrying the pack of cards was passing by a tree at Corlislea crossroads when he again saw a little man sitting under the tree with a table, two chairs and a lighted candle.
The little man asked him to play and having consented the man took the cards out of his pocket(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Maggie Keogh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tonylion, Co. Cavan
