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1. Story - How Ulster Got Its Name (continued)

   

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   made by the teeth of the monster that no sieve could be more full of holes, and his hearts blood flowed out of them. While he was dying on the edge of the lake, "Aodh", his bard, sang of the great man, who was done to death by the small words of a woman. He died and was buried beside the lake ; and from the stone "Ulaidh". . laid over his grave the name Ulster was given to the Province.

   

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2. Story - The Lame Man and the Fairy

   

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   There was once an old lame man walking on the road. He was very poor, and he used to be thinking of the people who had a lot of money, and wishing he had some. In an instant a fairy came to him. The fairy told

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nellie O Hara

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bohola, Co. Mayo