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1. The Farmer's Wife whom the Fairies Took (continued)

   

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   thing happened.

   One night the man as awakened from his sleep by the cries of "Mother ! mother !". He sprang out of the bed, with surprise and fright, and when he had rubbed his eyes, he found out that his wife had disappeared, and his two elder children were standing by the bedside. They were quaking with fear, and, when he asked them where their mother was, they said, that, all of a sudden, they had been awakened, and they had seen their mother in the midst of a ring of little people in white and red and green apparel, and walking away with them out of the door, but with her eyes closed, as if she were fast asleep.

   The farmer was terrified at the thought that the fairies might rob him of his wife. He rushed out of

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Walter Clare

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   76

   Address

   Moneynamough, Co. Wexford