School: Bun Machan
- Teacher: Íde, Bean Uí Chobhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)as unsinkable it sank like a stone when the iceberg struck her. The brave Captain stayed at his post even while the ship was sinking. His name was Smith.
- Páirc a' Leasa is a field about a mile west of Ballydwan. There is a liss alongside the field. One night my grand-aunt was passing through the field and she happened to glance over the ditch into the liss. What should she see but a fairy in the middle of the liss with a purse in his hand. When he caught sight of my grand-aunt he disappeared. As the field was so near the liss it was called Páirc a' Leasa.
- Collector
- Michael Coffey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydowane West, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mary Coffey
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 49
- Occupation
- National teacher
- Address
- Ballydowane West, Co. Waterford
- Not very many years ago a man only a mile from my home had a liss in one of his fields. There was a blackthorn bush over it. The man went and cut the tree because it was only taking up room. A few days after that all his horses perished. It is said to be unlucky to harm anything belonging to the fairies.(continues on next page)
