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1. Elf-Shot and the Cure for it (continued)

   

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   a plate and put a light to it and burned it under the cow's nose. While it was burning he said some secret words.
   This is the real cure, because a man in Tullyhullion once had an "elfshot" cow and this cured her.
   Any person whom the fairies want to take, they will throw "flint" at them. there was a woman once saw the fairies throwing flint at her.

   

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2. The Battle of Sprigburn

   

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   At the battle of Sprigburn the Catholics and the Protestants were fighting. The fairies came from Fahykeen in a big cloud of wind. There were men cutting turf and they were in

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jane Mc Daid

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Daid

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tullychullion, Co. Dhún na nGall