Celtic Fairy Tales, Notes and References, sentence 16

He derived his materials from the English-speaking peasantry of county Wexford, who changed from Gaelic to English while story-telling was in full vigour, and therefore carried over the stories with the change of language.

Who acts: Patrick, Wexford, story telling, language · What happens: derive, speak, change, be, carry · To what, where: materials, speaking peasantry, English, Gaelic, full vigour, stories · Speech: someone speaks here

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