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School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 05_003

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    This story was told to me by an old man in our village one cold night last winter. Here it is.
    Long ago the people believed that fairies used to carry away mortals, and those they carried away hardly ever came back. There was a man and woman living near a fort and they had a baby. The fairies stole the baby and left another baby just the same in it's place, the baby they left was a fairy.
    One day the man was going to the smiths forge to get a spade made and the baby spoke for the first time ever. It
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prospect, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Gibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Prospect, Co. Mayo