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1. Folklore - Frog and a Midwife (continued)

   

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   Bridie Myres, Killeagh, 11 years.

   

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2. Folklore - Child Taken by Fairies Long Ago

   

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   Bridie Myres Killeagh 11 years Folklore Child take by Fairies long ago. My Granfather told me that there was a certain farmer living in Gurteenroe, who usually employed itinerant tradesmen, such as tailors, shoemakers, carpenters etc., and these "Journeymen", as they were called, were quite common up to about fifty years ago. At one time he employed a journey man tailor, who worked on a table in the kitchen of the farmhouse. The woman of the house had a baby in a cradle by the kitchen fire; it was continually whining and crying. One day, the woman went for water to the well which was at some distance from the house. The whining of the baby so irritated the tailor that he

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Brosnan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Gurteenroe, Co. Kerry