Belief in Fairies

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Mastersons school (Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim) from informant Johnston Clarke.

Original reference: 0197/3/10

 Mastersons [Vol. 0197, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Leitrim Schools

INFORMANT
Clarke, Johnston
Gender
male
Location
Leitrim (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Belief in Fairies  [duchas:4600865]

Near a house in Ballaghameehan was an old fort and the people of the house were accustomed to throw ashes etc into it. They had one child, and great was their distress when she got a sore ear and began to pine away. They tried all sorts of cures, but none did any good till one day a little old woman came in, and told them she would cure the child on one condition. She made them promise not to throw anymore ashes into the fort, and then she took a thorn about an inch long out of the child's ear and in a short time she was all right again.

Resource description

Origin information
Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 211
Volume 0197
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Gobnait de Búit.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
School location
Manorhamilton Cluainín Manorhamilton Cloonclare Drumahaire Leitrim
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4633925
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0197/3/10

Suggested credit
"Belief in Fairies"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4633925>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Gobnait de Búit.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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