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School: Ráth Bhán (roll number 15996)

Location:
Rathbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Ss Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 064

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 064

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    “Once upon a time there was a young man going the road very late at night.”

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    Then the girl went with him.
    It was fairies that stole this girl and put her in the coffin in the Burialground.
    One night late the girl went out the fairies came to her and they put a hair pin behind her ear in her hair. With the hair pin behind her ear she could not talk.
    One night the man was passing by the same graveyard and he heard two fairies talking inside: and one of them said if the man pulled out the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Rowan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghmore, Co. Mayo