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School: Dromiskin (B.), Dundalk (roll number 837)

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Dromiskin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Jas. Morgan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0666, Page 055

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    Fairy Story
    In Milltown some years ago there lived a woman in an old mud house which stands a hundred yards from our house. Her name was Mrs Mullroy. One night her husband was out very late, and at 12 Oclock she went to the door. She had just the door open, when a aside car pulled up at the door and took her away to Fairy-land. Then she went, there was a girl there that she knew, and the girl told her not to eat anything or take any money, or she would never get home again. She did what the little girl told her. The fairies offred her various kinds of food and she refused it. Before they left her home they gave her charms, and then they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Murtagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Whiterath, Co. Louth
    Informant
    John Murtagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Whiterath, Co. Louth