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   “This story is quite true an dis often told around the fire sides on winter nights. A little girl was sent by her mother to the shop for goods on Hallow Eve and as she did not return her parents became anxious about her and they inquired about her but no o”

   

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   All she could tell was that after she got on the road leading to her home, she could not stop running and knew nothing until she found herself on the cliff. It was said by the old people that what saved her was the grains of salt which were in the salt herring she had along with her goods. If you have grains of any kind with you, on Hallow Eve the fairies can't get proper control over you. It was a usual custom for the old people if they were going out after sunset on Hallow Eve to put a few grains of salt on their heads.

   

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   “Once upon a time there was a weaver who lived with his wife and children. The weaver was a hardworking industrious man, for he was up early and down late.”

   

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   Once upon a time there was a weaver who lived with his wife and children. The weaver was a hardworking industrious man, for he was up early and down late. When he used to (begin) rise in the morning he used to begin his work before eating his breakfast.
   One morning his wife called him to his breakfast, but he never minded her and went on working. In a few

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Sweeney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Marblehill, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Dan Sweeney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   42

   Address

   Marblehill, Co. Donegal