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   Not very far from my house in a farm owned by a man named Charles Gamble is a tree which the people call a "gentle tree." The people are now afraid even to go too near this tree as they think the place around it is peopled by fairies. Some of the children in there play around it. Gamble's grandfather at one time took a branch of this tree to repair the manger in the stable. His horse was perfectly well before the branch was taken into the stable but when Gamble went into the stable a short time afterwards he found the horse very sick and it was prancing about the stable. He took the animal outside and removed the branch. The horse was put in again and was then alright.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ellen Doohan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bellville or Gartan, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   John Connaghan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Carrowtrasna, Co. Donegal