When a child would be born long ago they used to get a coal and put it into a cloth and leave it in the middle of the floor for fear the fairies would bring her...

Story collected by James Durkan, a student at Cluain Laighean B. school (Cloonlyon, Co. Mayo) from informant William Duffy.

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Bad Luck

Story collected by Micheál Mac Durcháin, a student at Cluain Laighean B. school (Cloonlyon, Co. Mayo) from informant William Duffy.

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