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1. The Fairy Queen (continued)

   

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   all right." Then the Lord said that he would send an old woman with one of his servants to the well for a bottle of water. So the old woman and the boy that was following the hare started off to the well for the bottle of water, and it was very far away. The old woman was as good as the boy to run. When they were coming back with the water, the woman said to the boy to sit down, and take a rest, for she thought he was too good for her to run, and so the two of them sat down and the boy fell asleep. Then the woman put a sleeping pin in his ear. Then she started for home as fast as the wind. The boy that heard the beans growing (he) heard her coming and heard the boy sleeping. The he told the boy that was turning the mill-wheel with the wind of his mouth to blow her back three yards to the one she could come against it. Then he told the boys that was shooting the fly on the castle to shoot the sleeping pin out of his ear and so he did and he jumped up. The boy kept her back with the wind of his mouth until the other boy got up to her and the two of them came in together. And the Lord said to the young man "You have my daughter won". The(n) young boy said "You can

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   AT0513: The Extraordinary Companions

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick O' Dowd

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moatquarter, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs O' Donnell

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   76

   Address

   Moatquarter, Co. Tipperary