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School: Tydavnet (roll number 13911)

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Tedavnet, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
M. Mac Cába
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    A Fairy Story named Dolly Gillieland
    About fifty years ago there lived in the townland of Killabough an old woman called Dolly Gillieland. This old woman lived on the side of the high hill of Killabough. She lived in a wee hut called the Divels Den. She had a very small patch of land and all she had on the land was a red hen, a donkey and two goats, and she would be churning offener than the men around that neighbourhood that had five or six cows. She used to go to every man's byre
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. hags (~139)
          1. hare-hag (~41)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Miss Lucy Mc Geough
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killylough, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Sherry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Drumdart, Co. Monaghan