267:. Shortly before the battle, the fairies of Ulster had visited a local woman named Curly Mary and told her that, if they were defeated, the water from her well would be the color of blood. When Curly Mary's well water ran red with blood the next morning, she knew that the "little people" of Ulster had been defeated. Since then, according to Billy Craig, the "little people", had never again been seen in Drumoghill or anywhere else in
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198:, 'The Lagan'. That part of the country hadn't got a very good reputation in our neighborhood. When anyone referred to the Lagan it meant slavery, struggle, extortion, and work from morning till night. All the stories I had heard about it were wheeling around in my mind as the horse was trotting up the street of Letterkenny."
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Micí Mac Gabhann - Irish folklorist, gold miner, and Native American ally
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and which he would always remember, Micí was hired out to "Sam Dubh", an
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