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   “About 33 or 4 year ago I was a small boy and there was a nurse in this town...”

   

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   Rd. Bulmer

   About 33 or 4 year ago I was a
   small boy and there was a nurse in this
   town by the name of Mrs. Joyce and she
   told me a story once and she would
   be about 80 yrs of age now. When
   she was young she had a little sister
   who visited a house where lived
   an old girl and she was always
   [---] counted down as being taken
   with the fairies so she got a
   sweet from her one day so this
   little sister of Mrs. Joyce's was
   pining and pining away and the mother
   brought it to the doctor and the
   doctor said it couldn't live
   so the woman one day met a
   priest and told him about the little
   girl. He prayed over her and

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   • Richard Bulmer