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THE FAIRY OF DEATH

IN IRELAND THE BELIEF IN THE BLACK FAIRY OR THE FAIRY OF DEATH WAS
POPULAR YEARS AGO. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT IF SOMEONE
SAW A LADY COMPLETELY DRESSED IN BLACK THAT IN THREE DAYS
SOMEONE WOULD DIE. THIS BELIEF WAS FULFILLED ONE DAY AS A MAN CAME
RUNNING INTO A SALON EXCLAIMING THAT HE HAD JUST SEEN THE
BLACK FAIRY. THREE DAYS LATER THIS MAN DIED.

Submitter comment: TOLD BY MY GRANDFATHER.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL

Keyword(s): SALOON

Subject headings: Observation
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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