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    lanterns, and when daylight came they started across for Rockview a distance of two miles. Under a bush on the edge of a stream they found little Veronica fast asleep. They awoke her and brought her home. She was nothing the worse of her night's adventure only she asked where were the two little yellow women that brought her there. The old neighbours said these two women were two fairies, and were it not for a chain and a medal of Saint Veronica she was wearing on her neck they would have her in the big fort at Rockview, in revenge to her father cutting the lone bush.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mairséal Ní Mhaoileóin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Kilpatrick, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Maigread Ní Mhaoileóin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Kilpatrick, Co. Westmeath