School: Garrysallagh
- Location:
- Garrysallagh (O'Reilly), Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: P. Greally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0989, Page 182
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- An old man in this neighbourhood was coming home from his ceilidhe one night. On his way home he had to cross a rock. When he was about half way across he heard a noise and on looking round he saw a fairy hammering boots. He caught the fairy by the neck and said "I am looking for you a long time and you will have to tell me where you have the gold." "I have no gold" he said "But the fellow on the stone behind you has it". The man looked around and when he did the fairy went out of sight.
- Collector
- Edward Gaffney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pollareagh, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Philip Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Coill na Cruite, Co. an Chabháin
