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School: Ferbane (B.)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
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T. Mac Cárthaigh
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    him dance, and at the end the old man was dead.
    Then some of the Fairies went off to bury him. And when they came back they did the very same to the old woman. She soon died too. And the Fairies are there still dancing and singing.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamon Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr William Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly