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   “Long ago people used to make dolls out of straw.”

   

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   the leaves rustling behind her. She looked around and what did she see only a fairy. The fairy asked her where was she going. She said she was going away to learn to make dolls. The fairy told her to sit down on a rock till she would come back. So she sat down and the fairy came back with a little wand. She told the girl to get a cloth and hit it with the wand and she could make dolls then. She went home very glad and she got cloth and she hit it with the wand and the cloth turned into a doll. So she was very pleased and she used to make dolls and sell them.

   

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   “Once upon a time there was a woman named Friel who was blind.”

   

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   Once upon a time there was a woman named Friel who was blind. She went away this day to a holy well and she began to pray. This woman prayed for an hour. When she was finished she rubbed her eye with the water

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cathleen O' Donnell

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Drumboarty, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mrs Margaret Ward

   Relation

   Not a relative

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   70

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Drumboarty, Co. Donegal