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School: Muclach

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Mucklagh, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 043

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    day he was sitting down thinking what to do. When he saw a tall lady sitting on a log. She was smoking a pipe. He went up to her and asked her to marry him. She said she would. So they got married and gave a big wedding. He invited his people and friends and in the middle of the dance a lot of little fairies came in and danced all around the floor. All the people started to laugh and talk to each other. The woman got vexed and cleared the house in two minutes. The man said nothing. Then after a while the fairies got up the chimney and went away. So they had no trouble after that because none of the neighbours ever came near the house. The woman said that it was best to live to your-self.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Screggan, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Screggan, Co. Offaly