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Longevity

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

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Saying entitled 'Fairies', 1895

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/72
Scope and Contents

Saying entitled 'Fairies' beginning 'Naogh naoghanan a deol nan cioch'. The saying attributes nine nines of years [eighty one years] to each stage of life. Carmichael sums up that the lifespan for fairies would be 567 years. Text was written in ink and scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1895