School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)

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   that would be lost they would come to this woman and she would be able to tell them where they were and they would pay her well for telling them and if even if there clothes stolen the people would come to her to know would she be able to tell them. Then she would tell them and even she would be able to tell them who stole them. One night twelve sheets and a lot of small clothes were stolen from a farmer and he lived twelve miles away from from where this woman was living and he thought she would not be able to tell him. Then she told him that they were taken by his neighbour and hidden on the bank of a river and she earned a great lot of money. One fair day in the town she and another woman were walking down the street and a man passed them by and she said to the woman that was with her. "That is the man that came for me the other night" and the man heard her. Then he turned and came back and asked her "What eye

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick O' Dowd

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moatquarter, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs O' Donnell

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   76

   Address

   Moatquarter, Co. Tipperary