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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 10_007

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    One night a man was going visiting very late. He came to a wall and all the fairies came up to him and took him away to a house. The man had a hump and he asked the fairies to take it off him because he heard they had taken a hump off another man before. The fairies took it off him and hung it up behind the door and sent him home. The man met his neighbour the next morning and he told him the fairies took the hump off him. The other man had also a hump and he also went to the fairies. He went in and he asked the fairies to take the hump off him. The fairies took down the other man's hump
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josie Keville
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Annie Brown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fahy Beg, Co. Mayo