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“Old people used believe in fairies in olden times.”

CBÉS 0406

Dan Twomey, Joe Shanahan

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“Long ago there lived a man and they used to call him Jack the Ghost killer he was he was a brave man and he used not be afraid of any fairies.”

CBÉS 0407

Thomas O Sullivan

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The Power of Fairies

CBÉS 0413

P. Kenny, T. Mc Grath

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“There was a man and he had a dream that fairies were talking to him and they said to him to go to the fort behind his house and to dig five inches under the ground near the big stone that is in the fort.”

CBÉS 0435

Cormac Ó Conchubhair, Máire Ní Conchubhair

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“There is a house on the roadside within a mile of Killarney, where nobody ever spent a whole night without being attacked by the fairies and put out...”

CBÉS 0440

Mr M. O' Rourke, Sheila O' Rourke

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A Woman who Was Taken away by the Fairies

CBÉS 0442

Bean Uí Chéirín, Nellie Doyle, Nóra Ní Shuilleabháin

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The Fairies' Gate

CBÉS 0443

Miss Katie O Connor

An Cloichear, Co. Chiarraí

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“Long ago there lived a man named "Seán Show" in this locality he was supposed to be in company with the fairies...”

CBÉS 0445

Eily Griffin, Michael Griffin

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“There is a fort about two miles to the east of this school in a field called Pairc Leara - fairies used to be seen there every night long ago playing football...”

CBÉS 0456

Con Crowley, Tim Crowley

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“Long ago fairies used to be seen. There were two boys playing on the road one day and a gentleman came along and coaxed one of the boys with him and led him as far as a fort...”

CBÉS 0456

Ned Kelly, Nora Moynihan

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The Abduction of Mary Murphy by the Fairies

CBÉS 0456

Pat O' Donoghue

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The Abduction of Mary Murphy by the Fairies

CBÉS 0457

Pat O' Donaghue

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The Fairies Path

CBÉS 0457

Mrs M. D. O Donoghue, Shelia O Donoghue

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“Long ago there were fairies in a small fort owned by Counihans.”

CBÉS 0457

James Counihan, Owen Spillane

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Folklore - Child Taken by Fairies Long Ago

CBÉS 0460

Mary Brosnan

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Folklore - A Boy Taken by the Fairies

CBÉS 0460

Mary Hickey

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“Jerry Cornllise's great grandmother was in the fairies.”

CBÉS 0461

Mrs Mc Carthy

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Taken by the Fairies

CBÉS 0461

Donnchadha Ó Séaghdha

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A Trip with the Fairies

CBÉS 0462

Joe O' Brien, Tim O' Brien

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“To keep the fairies away from stealing or harming children the mothers washed them in "wine" and then the good people would not come near.”

CBÉS 0464

Eibhlín Bean Uí Shúilleabháin

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