School: Páirc na Coille

Location:
Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 364

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    three men carrying a coffin. One of the men was tired and he asked John to help them. John did so, and when they came to the grave yard they told John they did not want him after that. John again started on his journey and he went to the same house as before. The fairies asked him had he any news and John said he had. He then related the story to the fairies and they were pleased to hear it. They gave him lodgings for the night and made a bed for him by the fire-side. But at day-break next morning the house and the fairies vanished and John was left lying alone in the Woodfield fort. John did not live very long afterwards as he fell ill the next everning and died
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Leyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Leyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon