Meeting Them (Co. Antrim)

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William Megarry, of Ballinderry [County Antrim], as his daughter who is married to James Megarry, J.P., told me, was one night going to Crumlin on horseback for a doctor, when after passing through Glenavy he met just opposite the Vicarage two regiments of them (the fairies) coming along the road towards Glenavy. One regiment was dressed in red and one in blue or green uniform. Theywere playing music, but when they opened out to let him pass through the middle of them the music ceased until he had passed by.’ Evans-Wentz 74

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