Volume: CBÉ 0221
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0221, Page 0081
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“There was a man wan time and he was a bit silly in his mind.”
(continued from previous page)but the fairy came out no more so he went home, but he wasn't satisfied so the next night he set off again for the mound. He waited for some time and at last he saw a fairy comin' towards him. It was a real fairy this time. The man waited until the fairy was within a few feet of him and then he made a grab at him and caught him in his two hands and held him tightly. "I have you now" says he to the fairy, and I won't go home until you show me where the gold is." "Very good" says the fairy "but we will have ta hurry out of this place for I see your wife comin' with a great big stick." The lad looked an' he couldn't see his wife at all. When he looked back again the fairy was after disappearing out of his hand altogether. So he was about without his gold for another spell.(continues on next page)