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   “A man named Tom Syron was coming home from Crossmolina about twenty years ago when he was overtaken by a horse-man near Derrihellagh.”

   

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   A man named Tom Syron was coming home from Crossmolina about twenty years ago when he was overtaken by a horse-man near Derryhillagh. It was then late at night. The horse-man asked him if he would take a seat behind him on the horse. Syron did not know who his friend was as he never saw him before. They were then within a mile of Syron's home, but the stranger told him to remain on the horse's back a few minutes longer, when to Syron's great surprise he found himself crossing over the mountains towards Ballycroy. The stranger then told him he was a messenger from the fairies and he wanted him to act a part at the house of a wedding party in Ballycroy. When they arrived near the house they met other strange friends who told Syron what they wanted him to do. As soon as the

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Blake

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Cheathrú Chaol, Co. Mhaigh Eo

   Informant

   Mr M. Joyce

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Cheathrú Chaol, Co. Mhaigh Eo