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1. About the year 1883 there came a terrible wind storm. It was on a Sunday it came.


Dates:: 1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:: Text — Folktale
Contributors:: Murchadha, S. Ó — Breslin, Danny — Laughlin, Mr P. Mc — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin [ … ]
Abstract:: Story collected by Danny Breslin, a student at St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh school (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal) from informant Mr P. Mc Laughlin.

2. In olden times a disease came on cattle which was called elf-shooting. The elf was supposed to be a fairy which stayed in every glen and field, and had a stone which he fired at the beast...


Dates:: 1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:: Text — Folktale
Contributors:: Murchadha, S. Ó — Breslin, Danny — Laughlin, Mr P. — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin [ … ]
Abstract:: Story collected by Danny Breslin, a student at St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh school (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal) from informant Mr P. Laughlin.