School: St Eunan's

Location:: Leitir Ceanainn, Co. Dhún na nGall
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along the way told him not to cut the bush but he would not pay any attention to them, and when he began to cut the bush the hatchet flew out of his hand and broke his arm. Whether is by accident or not I do not know. Here is an other old story. One night a little was coming home from the shop. He saw a lot of fairies sitting on butter cups, one was playing a fiddle, and the rest were listening to him. When they saw coming, they fled in terror.
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It is said that there was a man one time and he was going to clean his chimney and as he had no brushes to clean it with he thought that a holly bush would be the next

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