School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

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1. Girls Taken by Fairies (continued)

   

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   will talk". The boy went home and pulled the pin out of her hair and she began to speak. One day she told the boy to get some cloth and she would make a vest for him. He got the cloth and she made the vest for him. He was taking a cow to the fair and the girl told him to leave the night before the fair and go to a certain lord's place and to ask to see the lord himself so as to get a place for the cow for the night. The boy set off to do as she told him. He called at the lord's leaving the cow outside the door. The lord was very angry when he saw the cow and ordered the boy away. As the boy was going away the lord called him back and asked him who made the

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ena Heneghan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lankill, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   T. Cusack

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Westport, Co. Mayo