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1. The Fairies' Revenge

   

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   I heard a story about an old miser-man who lived here, a hundred years ago in a little hut about a half-mile from a fort. The man was very rich and was always afraid that his money would be stolen from him and on this day he put his money into a can and went to hide it in the fort. He dug a hole six feet deep and put the can of money into it and set a young ash tree over the pot so that it would show him where he hid the money. It went in well for years and when the tree got big the man went out one night and saw the good-people climbing the young ash tree with lights in their hands. The next day, he went out to take up the money he hid. When the man started to dig, he broke his spade and when he got another spade it was late at night and then he saw the tree lighted again and he started to dig the next day. When the man got to the can he found no money in it and all he got in the can was a small slip of paper and here are the words that were on “Why did you dig up our home and for that your money was taken and you shall never see it again.”

   The man went home to his hut broken-hearted and angry. The next day the man went back to the fort again and cursed the “Good-people” and the

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Richard Doughty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Crossbane, Co. Cavan