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    and he had to come home. He had that last for years afterwards. It was made of coloured stone.
    In Ferm fort there grew a beautiful apple tree and Mrs. Faley picked some apples as she was passing. She was going on home when she saw all the crows flying around her, she threw an apple at them and they carried it away. She then threw another and then all of them, and the crows took them all back again to the fort. The crows were the fairies.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry