School: Mullagh (C )
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Elizabeth Murchan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 249
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- Fairy Stories
1.
Some time past a man living outside the village of Mullagh, was away on business one day. That night, as he was coming home between eleven and twelve o clock, when he was passing a house along the road over in Cloughbally the "Good People" were taking a child out the window as was very often done at the time.The man went over to them and said "Leave back that child". They did what they were told and both went their way and never interfered with the child again.2.
Long ago, when it was a very common thing for fairies to take away children,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie O Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs O Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
