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1. Banshee, Fairies, etc.

   

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   A man from Tulla found a comb in a field and brought it home. The banshee's "keen" was heard for several nights after. They knew then that the comb belonged to the banshee, and they had to redden a shovel, and pass the comb out on the shovel, through the window, to her. She stopped keening and went away.

   

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2. Fairies

   

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   There is a bridge in Corrack owned by man named John Walsh. It is haunted by fairies. Every night lights were seen under it, and at twelve o'clock every night the bridge used to open. One night a man named Pat Kerivick (Kerwick?) went across it very late, and the bridge sank down. The lights came up out of the bridge and followed him as far as his own home.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nicholas Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Leugh, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   Paddy Lanigan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   53

   Occupation

   Labourer

   Address

   Threecastles, Co. Kilkenny