Belief in Fairies

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Abstract: Story collected by a student at Blessington (1) school (Blessington, Co. Wicklow) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0913/5/6

Taylor, Ruby [Teacher]

Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht [Funder]

University College Dublin [Funder]

National Folklore Foundation [Funder]
Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [Funder]

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County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Wicklow

Story text TEI

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Belief in Fairies [duchas:5033375]

There was a man called Mr. Osborne living in Ballyknocken.  He was very poor.  One day he was walking along a quarry when he saw a fairy.  The fairy gave him a crock of gold and he is rich ever since.
If all the girls and boys in a family are healthy except one which is very weak.  That one is called a changeling.  The people say that the father or mother must have vexed the fairies.  Then the fairies took the healthy child and put a weak one in the healthy child's place.
There is a fairy ring in the demesne of Blessington.  It is a great big round circle of earth.

Resource description

Origin information: Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Date created: [1937] – [1938]
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: p. 141
Volume 0913
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Ruby Taylor.
Languages: English eng
Genre: Folktale
Subject: Supernatural beings linked data (afset); Supernatural and legendary beings--Neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha; Treasure troves--Folklore; Treasure legends--Ór i bhfolach
School location: Blessington Baile Coimín Blessington Blessington Talbotstown Lower Wicklow
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5148480
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0913/5/6
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_5148480>
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Ruby Taylor.
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.