School: Shrule (roll number 7795/7796)

Location:
Shrule, Co. Galway
Teacher:
(name not given)
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  1. There was once a tailor who was working in a house and one night he was going home ,ca, across the fields he heard the fairies coming. He heard ,the, them saying they would go to the house next to where he worked. The tailor said he would go there before them so he did.
    There was a child in the house and the fairies said they would take the child. The tailor went under the kitchen window and the fairies came to the room window and an old woman stayed outside to take the child. The tailor went
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Colm Ó Dubhlaoich
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gorteens, Co. Mayo