School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer
- Location:
- Cnoc Dhoire, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 280
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- (continued from previous page)to settle down again, he stole in again she was sleeping he made over to her and she woke up and made a dash for her wand before her spare me sir, no you devil why did you take my wife he hit a blow of the wand and made a stone of her. He put on his boots coat and cap went over to the gate where his wife was hit the stone with the wand and she jumped up and he jumped too and caught her and kissed her he went to the second gate and raised the old mans two daughters, he was tipping stones here and there for three days till he had five hundred people raised that was taken away by the old Mermaid. All the enchantment then left the country and all the people went off to their own homes singing God save Ireland. Himself and the wife and the old mans home, to his great surprise the old(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Ellen Brown
- Gender
- Female
