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School: Coratillon

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Corratillan, Co. Cavan
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M. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 023

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    he fell in. He was never got. The lake is very deep and broad.
    Once upon a time a man cut a thorny bush out of a fort. He brought it home with him, and one night when he was lying down in bed, it seemed to be full up of thorns. Every time he lay down in bed a thorn would prod him.
    It was thought that the fairies put white thorns in the bed by
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen B. Mc Govern
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tonlegee, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Pat Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Teeboy, Co. Cavan