A Southern supernatural folktale with Irish roots: An early Louisiana settler rescues a turtle and is transported into the strange world of The Fair Folk.

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"Irwin Tarheel and the Fair Folk" was written by Sam McDonald.

Storyteller: Otis Jiry

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