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1. The Story of the Fairy Daly (continued)

   

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   they all would be going out on horses, and that he'd be on the last horse. So said he "Let my father and Paudeen Sheridan come and grab me of the horse, and above all mother" he said "don't make any alarm at the house no matter what happens. So poor old Daly and young Sheridan went that night to the lake, and just at the very hour didn't all the horses come along the shore, and bedad the last horse had Tomeen on its back. The minute his father saw him he grabbed him. When he was half way home he began to shout to let him go as he had to go back to the lake. "My mother is after giving the game away" he said "she didn't keep my warning. They had to go the next night again and they warned Mrs Daly not to make any alarm if she heard anything until they would come back. The first night she opened the door when someone told her her husband was drowned in Lough Lene and she began to shout and that gave the game away. Everything went well the second night, they got him and

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mairséal Ní Mhaoileóin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Cill Chuimne, Co. na hIarmhí

   Informant

   Sean Ó Maoileóin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 50

   Address

   Cill Chuimne, Co. na hIarmhí