Page 1 of 2. Typed transcript of a letter to Sam Henry from Sir William V Wood. Writing re a piece of carved limestone purported to be the fossilised …

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Page 1 of 2. Typed transcript of a letter to Sam Henry from Sir William V Wood. Writing re a piece of carved limestone purported to be the fossilised remains of Finn McCoul - once exhibited in Coleraine and Philadelphia, USA. Refers to an Islandmagee story of a man who never had toothache after pulling teeth from a skull found in a grave; chasing of the wren on St. Stephen's Day [Wren Boys]; Beltane fires on May Day; the old custom of throwing an old penny from a train crossing the River Boyne

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