Volume: CBÉ 0221
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0221, Page 0234
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“There was a family of people living in Galbally by the name of Laffan...”
(continued from previous page)time they heard him and he saying "Easy boys Easy boys". So then they knew that it was fairies that were helping him. The man who told me these stories said that he was one day coming home with a load of straw he was after getting in a certain farmer's place. He said that the load was everywhere except on the car. He met this fairy man on the road and told ty one of the ropes as it was after getting loose. He did so, and the fairy went on his way. Then this man with the load got down off it to have a look at it and he said a person would swear it was built in a model.
This old man also told me, John Dillon is his name. that he went into the house(continues on next page)