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“This woman died in Achill, and the man could not get rest, for he had a few weak children to look after.”

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“This tailor was working in this certain house, and there was a child sick in it.”

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“A certain man caught a "merry-maid" (mer-maid) one day, skinned her, and she was like a real woman dressed up.”

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“Long ago a priest was proceeding on his way on a sick call.”

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“This man was coming through these fields and before he came to a certain field, he heard great buying and selling...”

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Fairies

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“I remember hearing my grandfather James Garland tell of a dark night when a dance was held in the village where a number of girls spent the day scutching flax.”

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“A house maid went one evening to milk her master's cows long ago.”

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“After his children had been put to bed an old man called Paddy Forde of Shroofe told his wife he had decided to till the "fourth feed" for potatoes the approaching Spring.”

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“The rain-maid in the house of the "Prince of Coolavin" having failed to get any butter after churning several times had to send for fresh butter to one of the tenants.”

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“A gentleman farmer of the name of O'Connor who lived in Rath Crochan in Roscommon, got into debt which he could not meet.”

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“Mr O'Connor attended an assembly or Feis to decide who was the best musician in Ireland.”

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Old Stories I Have Heard

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