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School: Fahan (roll number 14479)

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Fahan, Co. Donegal
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Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 390

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  1. The Leipreachán (continued)

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    hill in which fairies are supposed to love in. People say that if you moved the rock or touched it that the fairies would take you a prisoner. They were looked upon as friendly beings. It was considered very unlucky to interfere with them in any way, and nobody ever dared touch them.
    Mr James Ferguson is supposed to have heard the fairies crying because they had no potstick to stir their porridge and he made them one. The next day he found a pot of gold they had left for him.
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  2. The Mermaid

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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. mermaids (~305)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    David Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tievebane, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    34
    Address
    Tievebane, Co. Donegal