School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

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   “Long ago a man was living near a big wood which was a very lonely place.”

   

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   the man got a kind of a fright but he went to bed and forgot all about the voice. The third night he heard the voice he went to the door and went around to the window. He asked what were they looking for and the reply he got was "Come along quickly and you will know soon." The man then found himself inside in a big car going through the wood and he was very frightened. When they drew near a big fort the car stopped and they all came out and went into the fort with the rest. The fairies then went out and left the man all alone in the fort. When they went away the man tried to make his way home but he could not. He was straying all night until dawn in the morning and that was the time he went home. The man was never in the

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Walsh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derry, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Tom Halpin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dromin, Co. Kerry