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Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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  1. Stories about Fairies

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    Two men had a still down one night and it would not run. They heard music and they ran home. When they came back again it was running. A girl was washing fish in a stream near the same place at dusk, she heard the sweetest music that she ever heard. She to dance in spite of herself.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockaun, Co. Mayo

  2. Stories about Fairies

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    One night Pat Tighe was coming home from visiting about twelve o'clock. When he was half way home he saw a woman sitting on the road and a white sheet about her. He bid her a "good night", and she did not answer. He bid her "good night", again and she did not
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