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School: Leithead

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Lehid, Co. Kerry
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Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0464, Page 189

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  1. The Woman that was Sick (continued)

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    the river and beat her across it with sticks and stones. When she reached the other side she was so frightened she wouldn't go back, so she went to a neighbour's house. When they saw her there, they hunted her back again she got pneumonia, and her people thought the fairies mistreated her and they were cursing them. After a while she got worse and in the end she died.
    My mother told me this story
    Eileen Leary
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. A Story about a Priest

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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Leary
    Gender
    Female