School: Bun Machan

Teacher:
Íde, Bean Uí Chobhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0648, Page 347

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0648, Page 347

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  3. XML “The Wreck of the Titanic”
  4. XML “Páirc a' Leasa”
  5. XML “A Story of a Liss”

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  1. 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.
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  2. 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.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynahila, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Keane
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynahila, Co. Waterford