School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 03_013

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  1. One night a man and his son went visiting and he stayed late on his visit. On their way home his son was taken by the fairies up in the air, his father could not see him but (hear) he could hear him screaming as he was going farther into the sky.
    Then his father said God Bless us but my wife would say God Almighty bless us, then this man said God almighty bless us and then the boy was
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Scahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Philip Giblin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Churchfield, Co. Mayo