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School: Baile i Meadhon Locha (roll number 344)

Location:
Bellanaman, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Nic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0961, Page 096

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    room the party all flew, they broke the lamps and some of the chairs too and the man followed after and when he landed at the people they knew him well so he told them his story and everything went well and they all gathered back for dinner again.
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  2. A Story

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    Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife not far off a fort called Shantally Fort near Middletown in the Co Armagh and this night a fairy stole this man's wife, and one night afterwards his wife came back and told him she was getting married to one of the fairies & she told him to watch out for her the next night and they would be coming down this big field on horses and that she would be on the first big white horse in front and for him to hold
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Pullis, Co. Monaghan