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Story 1

“When Gerard's father was alive, he did not like the children to annoy their mother.”

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Gerard Mc Farland

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Story 2

“The McGonagles were very fond of card playing. Every night all the boys and men of the district gathered in their house.”

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Mrs Huston

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Story 3

“In the olden days, people believed that the fairies came to a house where a baby was born and tried to steal the human baby, and leave a fairy baby in its place.”

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Mrs Huston

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Story 4

“During the troubled times in Ireland, Culdaff House was burned down to the ground.”

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Mrs Huston

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Story 5

“About a fortnight ago, Thomas, who does all the buying and selling of the animals at Culdaff House, was asked by Mr R.I. Young, owner of Culdaff House, and manager of this school, to come along and look at some pigs that he had.”

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Thomas Alcorn

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Story 6

“One dark night, in the middle of winter, the people of Portaleen observed a light on the sea, coming from the direction of Bunagee.”

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David Mc Laughlin

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Story 7

“Once a man named Michael Doherty lived in Leiter, and the people believed that he could blink things.”

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Denis Mc Gonagle

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Story 8

“The people in the district of Claggan and Portaleen believe that fairies once lived in the rocks at the bottom of the bens.”

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Mr John Davenport

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Story 9

“Once upon a time there lived in Glengad, a man named Henry McLaughlin. This man was supposed to have an evil eye, and he could blink certain things.”

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Mr John Davenport

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Story 10

“One night a man was on his way to a house in Portaleen, where the people played cards.”

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Edward Houton

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Story 11

“There is a house in Malin, and it is haunted.”

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Mrs John Davenport

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Story 12

“There is a rock in my uncle's land, and some of the old people believe that fairies live in it.”

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Beth Mc Keague

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Story 14

“Some people still believe in ghosts and fairies.”

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Mr Mc Keague

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Story 13

“There is a woman who lives beside us, and whose name is Cassie Doherty.”

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Beth Mc Keague

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Story 15

“Years and years ago there was a dance in a barn in the district of Culdaff.”

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Mr Mc Keague

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Story 16

“This is a story which is believed to be true, and it happened in a house quite near to us in Glebe.”

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Edward Dugan

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Story 17

“The people in times gone by were supposed to be able to make tables jump and to give knocks.”

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Violet Dugan

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Story 18

“Once a man came home from Scotland to Ireland on his holidays.”

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Edward Dugan

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Story 19

“Once upon a time the people believed that there were such things as fairies.”

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Mr Robert George Knox

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