School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)

Location:
Aghagower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Hannah T. Kevilla
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  1. A long time ago a man was out visiting very late one night and he was walking across the fields and he came to a wall and a great many fairies came up and took him away to a house. The man had a hump and he asked the fairies to take it off him because he heard that they took a hump off a man before. The fairies took the hump from him and hung it up behind the door. Another man was out visiting and he had a hump also. He met the fairies and they brought him to a house and he asked them to take it off him. Then they took the other man's hump and put it on top of his own.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Noonan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghagower, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Noonan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghagower, Co. Mayo