1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

Location:
Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Seanán
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 243

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 243

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh
  2. XML Page 243
  3. XML “Fairy Stories - Penalty for Watching a Fairy Dance”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Fairy Stories - Penalty for Watching a Fairy Dance

    Share Share Post
    One night when a man was going home from market he had to pass by a gate. As he was passing it he heard very sweet music. On going over to the gate he said a number of fairies dancing in the field and he watched them for hours.
    When he went home his leg began to swell and after a few days his leg burst and from that day to this he is lame and his leg is a great trouble to him. It is said you should never watch fairies and that is what happened him.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Clandillon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Dublin Road, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Michael Ryan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Dublin Road, Co. Tipperary