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1. Fairies (continued)

   

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   fire. The woman of the house turned these out on the table and the fairies were asked over to their supper. They went to the table and got the spoons and forks and all in their hands, but they couldn't put a bit of food in their mouth. They got up from the table in an awful hurry and rushed for the door, but it was shut. Then some of them said, "hie, out in the keyhole, Hie, out in the keyhole. These then got out in the keyhole. The rest of the fairies said "hie, out in the keyhole", but they couldn't get out at all, and they had to stop there until the man of the house let them out.

   Another night they went into shop and robbed it, and when they were coming away the

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   History Edit

   Date

   17 April 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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