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The Fairies' Hill.
There is a green hill above Kintraw, known
as the Fairies' Hill, of which the following story
is told.
Many years ago, the wife of the farmer at
Kintraw fell ill and died, leaving two or three
young children. The Sunday after the funeral
the farmer and his servants went to church,
leaving the children at home in charge of the
eldest, a girl of about ten years of age. On
the farmer's return the children told him their
mother had been to see them, and had combed
their hair and dressed them. As they still per-
sisted in their statement after being remon-
strated with, they were punished for telling
what was not true. The following Sunday the
same thing occurred again. The father now
told the children, if their mother came again,
they were to inquire of her why she came.
Next Sunday, when she reappeared, the eldest
child put her father's question to her, when
the mother told them she had been carried
off by the " Good People" (Daione S}t/i), and
could only get away for an hour or two on