The Battle of Sprigburn

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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“A "piggin" was a round vessel for milk. It was also used for butter.”

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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“There was an old man called Neil McDaid going along the Tullyhullion road one day, and he met a whole crowd of fairies, and each one of them called, "How are you, Neil?”

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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“There is a certain weed in lonely dark places. If you cut your finger, and pull a piece of this weed and chew it and put it on the cut, it will stop bleeding.”

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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True Story

“There was a man from Ballynakilly going to a fair on a May morning. He saw an old woman with a hair rope sweeping the dew.”

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Rhymes

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Fairy Stories

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Fairy Stories

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Proverbs

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Guesses

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Ghost Stories

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Ghost Stories

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Ghost Stories

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Ghost Stories

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Old Customs

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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“it is said that if you catch a weasel and kill it and make a purse of its skin, you will never be without money.”

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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Story

“There was an old man who used to go to rake. His way was through a hill and it was very rough.”

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Jane Mc Daid, Mrs Mc Daid

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