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School: Empor (roll number 941)

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Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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  1. A Fairy Story

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    Once upon a time a man was out late at night, and when he was going home a lot of fairies came up to him and they were after losing a magic purse, and they knew the man found it.
    They did not know how to get it back from him and they said they would give him three wishes for the purse, it was very late at that time, and they met the mans wife coming for him.
    When she heard the bargain she said
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Folktales index
    AT0750A: The Wishes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Mc Guire
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Patrick Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    90
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath