School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)
- Location:
- Droichead Átha, Co. Lú
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 285
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- A long time ago near Drogheda there was a potato field owned by a Mr. Murphy. One day the workmen were taking up the potatoes. They sat down underneath an hawthorn tree to eat their lunch, one of the men saw a lot of little people picking up the potatoes and putting them into their aprons. The men were afraid to make a sound because the little people were fairies. After awhile they disappeared and the men got up and started their work and strange to say there were the same number of potatoes there was when they started not one was missing.
- Collector
- Nancy Cluskey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sráid Dhamhliag, Co. Lú
- Informant
- Bridie Mathews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cearnóg Thulach an Mhuilinn, Co. Lú
