One night there were two boys coming home from visiting. It was about twelve o'clock. They heard lovely music inside; they listened for a while and they began to dance. When they started they could not stop until the cock crew in the morning. After that they were the best dancers in the country. INFORMANT: John Kelly, Address, Prison North, Co. Mayo
Read MoreOnce upon a time a widow and her son were living in a little cottage. The man went out in a field scoring for potatoes. There was a bush in the middle of the field in his way and he dug it up. INFORMANT: Mary Mc Donnell Age, 76 Prison North, Co. Mayo
Read MoreOnce upon a time a man and his wife were going to a fair. As they came near to a bog they saw a leprachán lying on a bunch of heather.
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48 Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
Read MoreIn the village of Ara Co Mayo there was a man called James Reddington.....
INFORMANT: Martin Ansbro, Age 74, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo
Read MoreThe woman of the house took no notice of them. She did not know they were fairies.
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48, Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
Read MoreOnce upon a time there lived in Fargureens a tailor named Reilly. He had to travel round to each village to make the clothes for the people.
Informant- Michael Kennedy, Age 48, Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
Read MoreThere was once a school master going around teaching night school. He was very fond of playing cards. One night he was going home late, and he met two men. iNFORMANT: John Kelly, Address, Prison, Co. Mayo
Read MoreThere was once a school master going round teaching night school. He was very fond of playing cards. One night he was going home late and he met two men. ..
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