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Name
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The Fairy Hunt at Kirk Malew
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Description
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A young sailor, coming ashore at Douglas on a fine moonlit night, was crossing the mountain toward his sister's house at Kirk Malew when he heard the noise of horses, a huntsman's halloo, and the finest horn in the world. He counted thirteen riders, all dressed in green, gallantly mounted, riding so close he could have touched them. He was so delighted he would gladly have followed. When he reached his sister and told the story, she clapped her hands in relief: those you saw were fairies, and it is well they did not take you away with them. Waldron recorded the story as though it had happened to someone he knew.
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Type
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Legend
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Fairy Ride
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Source
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Waldron, Description of the Isle of Man (c.1720s)
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Moore, Folk-lore (1891), Ch. III
