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School: Convent of Mercy, Clogheen

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Clogheen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr. M. Emmanuel Hearn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0574, Page 050

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  1. The Fairy Tree of Kilcommon

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    The Fairy Tree of Kilcommon.
    There is a Lis seen in Killcommon. Around this Lis grows a clump of tree.
    One day two men were digging potatoes in a field, close by the Lis, and when mid-day came they began to eat their dinner when all of a sudden they saw six young women dressed in cloaks and hoods. They came into the field where the men were working, and began to pick the potatoes into their aprons but all the time there were working they never said a word. The fairy women kept
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clogheen, Co. Tipperary