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School: Killyfargy

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Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
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B. Ó Mórdha
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  1. Fairy Stories and Traditions - A Great Jump (continued)

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    the father of the present Mick Maguire (1938) was coming home up this road when he met a troop of fairies at the cross, them all riding horses and all in the best of humour. They all seemed to know Jemmie and they all shouted out "how are you Jemmie? are you not riding tonight?" "I have nothing to ride on" says Jemmie. "Jemmie" says they "look behind ye and you will see a calf, get up on the calf but sit quiet and never speak". He looked behind him and there he saw a calf. The whole troop of fairies went off and so did Jemmie on the calf. They went up the road, went down Fitzpatrick's lane and made straight for Dunsnin Lough. Every horseman lepped it and begorra so did the calf. The lough that time was far wider than it is now. When Jemmie got to the far side bank he said "If I never ride a bit further but that was a good leap for a calf" and then he fell off and was left lying there and the fairies went away up Knight's meadow.
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  2. Fairy Stories and Traditions

    “One Summer's night at about half eleven...”

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    One summer's night at about half eleven my father and his servant boy called James went with a cow to Atkinson's where Andy Knight's place is now. They went by Scotshouse and came up that way - they arrived anyhow and the bull was out through the fields that face Lisnalee. They began to drive the bull into the house but the bull began to run about the field and they couldn't get in. Immediately [?] just
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 70
    Address
    Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs O' Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan