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   “There was once a man living in the parish of Adamstown.”

   

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   really is a fairy. You will know then what he is and the best thing you can do is to redden the poker and ram it down his ugly throat, for these fairy-changelings are not lucky in anybody’s house” says Ellen Liath.
   The poor woman was very troubled but anyhow she went home and did as Ellen Liath advised her. She put down put down the big fire and put on the big pot full of water. She sat down then and began blowing the fire her best and if water was ever red hot it surely was. The little fellow was sitting up in the cradle watching her. When she had the water hot she got the dozen of eggs and broke them on a plate and threw away the yokes and whites before the

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Tomás de Buitléir