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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 323

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    There was a woman who went out to milk a cow one evening and when she had the cow milked she was coming home. It was dark and she lost her way. Next she heard singing and the loveliest of music she ever heard. When the fairies were finished dancing they got ready some tea and they coaxed her to drink it and she refused to take anything from them. They all disappeared at break of day and she was alone. She started for home with her pail of milk and she had about two miles to go home, whereas she had only two fields to go to milk the cow the night before and something had led her astray.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    37
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Wicklow