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Passage East, Co. Waterford
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Clare, Bean Uí Eachthigheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0652, Page 248

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    with a strange pain in his head. He put his hand to his head and to his horror his thick black hair was completely gone leaving his head quite bald. Immediately he thought of the stolen cups. He went to his pocket to get them but alas instead of the beautiful little cups he found only a handful of cockle-shells. So the fairies punished him for his covetousness and deprived him of the cups, too.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Passage East, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Joseph Walsh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Passage East, Co. Waterford