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School: Monaghan (Clochar Lughaidh) (roll number 359)

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Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
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Sr Déaglán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 346

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    One time, about seventy years ago there lived an old man by himself in an old house. One day he went out to look at the cows and to his great surprise he was a little man walking after the cows through the field. This he did all day until evening when he disappeared. Shortly after this the old man died & people said it must have been a fairy giving
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mollie Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyshelferty, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    John Finegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corlea, Co. Monaghan