School: Mercy Convent, Belturbet
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- There was once an old cobbler who used to work for a few days until he had a pair of shoes made. When he sold the shoes and got the money he used to sit idle until he had all the money spent.
One evening he went to a house where the people were telling stories about the fairies. They said if you went out at midnight that you would find a fairy under a mushroom. If you catch it you must not look behind you because it would run away before you turned back.
That night the old cobbler went out into a rath(continues on next page)- Collector
- Margaret O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Kathleen Mc Govern