School: Bloomfield (roll number 10382)
- Location:
- An Leathbhaile, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 131
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- One night there was a man returning home from rambling and he had to pass by a fort which is in the townland of Ballinagare. When he was passing by the fort he saw a little man dressed in red and having caught him he asked for money.
The fairy brought him to a 'Buacallan" and told him to dig around it. The man went home for a spade but when he returned he found the field covered with "buacallans" and he was not able to find the "buacallan" which the fairy had pointed out.
- Collector
- Seosamh Ó Floinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Leathbhaile, Co. Shligigh
