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   unable to find there way out. after a while they lied down and died of hunger and thirst. After a few hours two robin came and saw the two children lying dead they picked the weathered leaves and covered the children with them.

   

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   There was once a man and his name was Jack. He lived with his wife on Connemara coast, just outside the place were Galway is situated now. He lived in an old hovel and he was a poor fisherman. This happened hundreds of years ago. Jack had no luck fishing atal. The fishes seemed as if they shunned him and his boat. He was about a year fishing and caught nothing worth talking

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   AT0316: The Nix of the Mill‑pond

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Dowd

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Flaskagh More, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Jim Mc Laughlin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrowmanagh, Co. Galway