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Fairy Forts (continued)

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fairies are dancing in the fort every night. Sometimes they call them "forts" and sometimes they call them a "rath". They say if you went over to the fort at midnight you would see fairies running about the fields with lights. They say if you went to do anything with the fort the fairies would kill you.
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“The eggs that the hens lay on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, the people put crosses on them with soot.”

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The eggs that the hens lay on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, the people put crosses on them with soot.

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“When the person that is milking has finished she puts a cross with milk on the cow.”

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When the person that is milking has finished she

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