School: Sraith (roll number 16623)
- Location:
- An tSraith, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Séamus E. Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0220
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“There was a man and he lived near the sea.”
There was a man and he lived near the sea. He had a cow and one morning she ran into the sea and he never saw her for a long time again. One day she came back herself and a calf. She stayed for a long time with the man. One morning the calf vexed the man and he cursed him. The cow and the calf ran out into the sea and he never about them again.A man had a cow and she calfed, she used go into the fairies every day and come back in the morning. The man went to Biddy Eerly and she told him to tie a red rag on her tail and she never went in the fairies again.A fairy foal used to come up from Loughrea lake. One day he came up to graze a man caught him and brought him home. And every race he was put out for he won. One day they let him near the sea he made sevin springs and out into the lake. The seven places were he leaped seven springs came up and they are the sevin springs of Loughrea.A man heard music in a house one night he went in to the house. Therere was a lot of people in the house. They offered him wine and bread
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“A man heard music in a house one night he went in to the house.”
Therere was a lot of people in the house. They offered him wine and bread(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brigid Sullivan
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