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Killeen, Co. Mayo
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Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 585

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    One night a man was in his own house. There were splits of potatoes in creels at the end of the house. Little men came into house dressed in red. They put the creels into one corner. Then the men dressed in red began to dance. They they put the creels into their again and they went away. They were never seen coming into that house again.
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    There lived in Muingreevagh Ballycastle, Co. Mayo. a woman named Betty Mallarkey and she was very fond of visiting late at night. One night she was coming from visiting late and a white horse followed her. Next morning herself and some of the village people went search the horse's
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Munnelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Muingrevagh, Co. Mayo