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1. A Fairy Tale

   

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   There was a house being built in Malin Head and the masons took stones from a rock in which tradition says fairies dwell. Every night chapping with a hammer could be heard for miles around and it frightened many people and many were afraid to go out after dark.

   

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2. A Fairy Tale

   

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   In penal times there was a line of standing stones laid from the Friar's house to Caramore to guide the priests to the hills. It is said that a man tried to dig a stone and he dug for a day and could not get to the bottom of it. The next morning when he rose, where he had been digging was filled in again.

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   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sadie Mc Laughlin

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Laughlin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Málainn, Co. Dhún na nGall