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School: Cluain Fhada (roll number 15091)

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Cloonfad More, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Thighearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 054

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    as their son had just died. He said, "He must not be dead, he is in the fairies fo I met them." So he brought them and to the coffin and they opened it and the son jumped out. The people all went home rejoicing and lit a sheaf of straw and put it under the bed of the supposed corpse and he flew out the window in smoke. They all believed "the blessed iron" saved their son from the fairies and they lived happily for years after. Great Grandfather always told this for a true story.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lahagboy, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Grange, Co. Roscommon