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1. The Fairy Changeling

   

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   I have heard another story of a fairy changeling similar to the one in the beginning of this book. It is the story of a man and his wife that were married for a long time and had no family. When they were about five years married this man, Murphy was his name also, ploughed a field in which was a fairy path. Nothing happened for a long time but about a year afterwards a child was born to them. It was exactly the same size at a year old as it was when it was born. At two months old it was able to walk and has its nose in everybody's business, and at six months old it had all it's teeth. It could never be got to sleep but would slip awake almost all

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • James Roche