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   he could not move it. He looked behind him and saw the fairy. He never spoke but just went over and lifted it into the cart. The fairy said to him "When you thresh your corn again, bring me back a bag of the same corn.
   When he emptied the corn he kept the bag that he got the corn in and when he got his corn threshed again he filled the bag full and brought it back again. He left it where he got it and the fairy came out. He said "Is it the same corn?" He said "It is". The fairy said "it is not, for mine was ll the top pickles", and the fairy and the bag of corn disappeared.

   

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   About seventy years ago in this district people started to carry in corn to the barn. Every time they would shut the barn after them and when they would come back it would be open and the corn thrown out on the street. Every night the fairies would be dancing and singing in the barn. The girl of

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      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   15

   Address

   Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin

   Informant

   John Murphy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   52

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin