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1. Fairy Mound (continued)

   

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   Very soon Willie field himself getting very sleepy and he stopped reading. He laid his newspaper by his side and he shut his eyes and in a few minutes he was fast asleep. He slept for half an hour. When he awoke he was lying on the top of the mound and he was covered with red paper. He tore the red paper off himself and when he arose to get down of the mound he he noticed that his pipe, his hat, and his newspaper were gone. As soon as he was down off the mound he went away in search of his cattle. Willie said he would never stand in that field again.

   

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2. Famine Days

   

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   It is over ninety-two years since the bad famine days. There was a family of Gillens living in Mullinasole in the time of the famine and they were starving. The family concisted of five boys and three

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   Topics

   1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
         1. an gorta mór (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lena Connolly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mullanasole, Co. Dhún na nGall

   Informant

   Edward Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   71

   Address

   Rossilly, Co. Dhún na nGall