School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 07_042
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“There was once a man living in Aran and he was very fond of visiting at night.”
There was once a man living in Aran and he was very fond of visiting at night. One night as he was coming home he saw the bean Sidhe washing at a stream. The man asked her what she was doing that for. She replied by telling him to mind his own business or he would not be able to ask her that question again. He asked her the same question and her appearance changed. After five minutes she appeared having teeth longer than before. Terror seized the man and he began to run. She followed him and struck him with a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Connill
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thady Searry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Tooreen, Co. Galway