School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- Long ago here was a man living in Garrew called Michael Hanick. One night he went out visiting to a neighbour's house called Gavans who lived about a half a mile away. He remained there until one o´clock. On his way home he had to cross a small field where they said there were fairies.
Everything was all right until he reached that field. He thought he saw people going up and down before him: No matter how he would run or walk he couldn't get out of the field. At last he decided to take off his coat and turn(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora O Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyballinaun, Co. Mayo
