School: Keelagh
- Location:
- Keelagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ellen Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 093
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- One day a little boy was coming home from school. When he was going past a lane he heard a voice behind him saying "wait Johnny,". The boy looked around and saw a little man about a foot in height and he dressed in green, behind him. He had a bag in his hand.
He gave it to the boy and told him not to open it till he would go home. He thanked the fairy and then he disappeared.
The boy ran home with his bag of jewels and gave it to his mother. They went to the town next day and spent all the coins. But to her surprise the magic bag filled again and the family was happy for the rest of their lives.
- Collector
- Brigid Mc Donald
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr James Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Treehoo, Co. Cavan
