Volume: CBÉ 0190

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1. Fairies

   

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   There was a man one time was coming home at about twelve o clock at night and he was passin by Kilquarn rath, he saw a lot of lights in it and saw all the fairies kickin football. As he was lookin on and listening to them the football came out to where he was and he kicked it back. The next place he found himself was in the middle of the fairies. The king of the fairies came over to him and told him they would call a match and have a good game of football. All the fairies were playing, the king was on one team and the queen was on the other. This man was playing on the queen's side

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   History Edit

   Date

   1 Bealtaine 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Nioclás Ó Néill