School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh
- Location:
- Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. Seanán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 240
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- (continued from previous page)The next evening they did as they were told and in the morning the can was empty. From that day their churning was successful.
- There is a house built on a fairy pass near Cloughjordan and the family who was living there could not retire until midnight with the fairies because they were always disturbing them. They always had to leave a can of spring water and a can of milk to keep the fairies away.
- There is a house in Ollotrum near Monegall and the gate of it is built on a fairy pass and it is said if they put a hundred locks on it that they fairies would have it open in the morning. For those late years they put not lock on it at night.
- Collector
- Nora Keogh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Saint Patrick's Terrace, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Keogh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 32
- Address
- Saint Patrick's Terrace, Co. Tipperary
