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School: Gortnacart (roll number 15554)

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Gortnacart Glebe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
León Ó hÚallaigh
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    So he took the fairy home and killed his wife. It happened that there were witches near the house and one night when the man was in bed they changed the fairy into a witch. When the man got up in the morning he was greatly surprised to see the fairy with a sword in her hand trying to kill him. He ran as fast as he could out of the house but he was killed by some witches out side. After that the Landlord who owned the house came to live in it, but he had no luck in it. Everything he did right one day was wrong the next day until he had no way of living atal. He searched everywhere inside and outside around the house but he could find nothing. At last he thought to look in the roof and so he did and got a witch in the thatch. He tried to kill him but he was killed himself first.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Anna Shovlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    86
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Doochill North, Co. Donegal