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1. The Fairy Changeling (continued)

   

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   night and it also had some very strange and witty answers. One day when its father was ploughing he broke a certain part of it. He brought it to a lot of smiths but none of them could weld it. One evening he came home with the broken part after trying six or seven smiths and told his wife he would have to buy a new part for the plough. The child was listening while he was speaking, and says he. "You need never buy a new part Daddy" says he "but bring it to any smith you like and tell him to heat it in a flame the colour of a bees wing. The father got an awful fright when he heard the child talking like that but anyhow he brought it to a smith and told him what the

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • James Roche