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School: Cill Thiomáin, Durrus, Bantry (roll number 15989)

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Kilcomane, Co. Cork
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Máiréad Ní Mhathúna
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    The woman and the house were left in peace. A mantle dropped by one of the witches in her flight was kept hung up by the mistress as a sign of the night's awful contest; and this mantle was in posession of the same family from generation to generation for five hundred years after.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0501*: “The Fairy Hill is on Fire!”
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anne Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cashelfean, Co. Cork