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School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

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Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
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Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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    “There was a man sleeping in the Tyrone house.”

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    There was a man sleeping in the Tyrone house. He lit a candle going to bed of him a man came in through the door and looked at the man the fairy said to the man It is good for you that you have a candle or I would kill you. The fairy disappeared and the man was all right.
    A candle is lit during mass.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Martin Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tyrone, Co. Galway