School: Tullyvin
- Location:
- Tulaigh Bhinn, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: M. Feeney
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- One time there was a man who lived in Kill and every night when he would be going to bed he would hear the tapping of a hamer. One night he looked out the window and to his surprise he saw a little fairy dressed in a red coat and a green trousers and a tall white hat. The man kept looking at him for a few minutes and at last an other fairy came and he told the other fairy that "Saine" wanted him, and the two other fairies disappeared.
The next night the man went out and his himself until the fairy appeared again. At last the fairy appeared and he sat down to make a shoe but the man caught him and he said he would kill him if(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gerard O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumnagran, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Brian O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumnagran, Co. an Chabháin
