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School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)

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Goorey, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Úna M. Montgomery
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 47

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  3. XML “Local Tales - Fairy Vengence”
  4. XML “Local Tales - The Charming Young Widow”

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  1. Local Tales - Fairy Vengence

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Úna M. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Goorey, Co. Donegal

  2. Local Tales - The Charming Young Widow

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    Before music was commonly played for dancing in farm houses a certain man used to have dances. He lilted for the dances a song called :-
    "The charming young widow, I met in the train".
    Later he married a widow.
    Afterwards when he was out after twelve o'clock the fairies used follow him chanting "The charming young widow I met in the train"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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