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1. Old Stories (continued)

   

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   say that he was not her real son, but that he was a fairy child who was left in place of her own by the fairies. The mother always disowned him. When James grew into manhood if he "cast" his eye on any beast it would do no good after that unless one would get a piece of his coat and burn it under the beast's nose.

   4. One night my father and some of his companions were playing cards in an old house in Derrynouse. There was a fire in the house and a candle to show them light. They used to go to the house every night. On this particular night they were playing as usual and about one o'clock they heard the rumble of a coach going down the lane. There never was a coach or even a cart on it because the lane was too narrow. They never went back to the house afterwards.

   5. One time a man stole a chalice from Derrynoose old chapel. When he died he was turned into stone. If a person wanted to curse anybody all they did was to kneel on

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sean Murray

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lemgare, Co. Monaghan