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   sea. The Children's sufferings were immense as they were transformed into swans. One of them died and ever since people never kill swans or shoot or annoy them in any way. When the four hundred years were up the two remaining again received their human forms though they were very old. Some people say they received the light of faith before they died, so let hope they did

   

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2. Old Story

   

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   Once upon a time there was a lone bush between Clonfower and Kilashee. It was called Lukes bush, because there was a house beside it man called Luke. So it got its name from that Once there was a terrible wet year and no people got to cut turf. So they all had to cut down trees and burned them to have a fire. This man named Luke cut the lone tree and he left it outside his house. For two days he cut a little bit of the tree and burned it. This night he went out to get a

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joan Kelly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Béal Átha Liag, Co. an Longfoirt

   Informant

   Mr James Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   48

   Address

   Barr na Cora, Co. an Longfoirt