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   few primroses and said "I'd like to see the Irish fairies" "what about them?" said a voice. She looked round. "I had better be going" she said "but I am afraid" she said. "The fairies follow the sun". "It's the moon the fairies follow" said a voice. Maggie looked. She saw thousands of rabbits spinning a huge trunk of a tree round and round as fast as a top. Looking closer she saw that the spinning wood was between a pair of boots as large as a dozen of the turf creels at home. Her eyes kept travelling up up and up the boots until she was looking over the tops of the tallest trees and lo there was a giant of a man stringing seaweed, his hat and clothes were made of seaweed and dilisk. "Its light I am making from my boots" he said. "Corbally lake is on the right and Lisadly on the left". "By my magic I can make light" he said. "I took the lakes with me when I was coming from Elphin. The rabbits here are making light. Full magic a head" he said to the rabbits and the two shoes looked like two awful fires.
   "The fairies will be coming soon" he said to Maggie. "Who are you?" said Maggie are

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lily Collins

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Canbo, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Thomas Collins

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Canbo, Co. Roscommon