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    About 75 years ago there lived a man by the name of Tom Farrell. One day he was going along by the marsh of Beaverstown. He saw a funeral procession coming along and it was the corpse of a fairy. When the man saw the funeral going he hid behind a ditch and when the funeral came to the place where the man was hiding the fairies stopped and the fairies asked who was the next to carry the coffin. The said no one else but Tom Farrell and he had to come out from his hiding place and he had to carry the coffin to Co. Meath
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Halpin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Rose Howard
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Beaverstown, Co. Dublin