Item 1 - Fortycoats - Stories by Carolyn Swift

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UGA T40/6/11/1

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Fortycoats - Stories by Carolyn Swift

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  • 1988-1989

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1 file, c. 220 pp

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University of Galway Archives

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File with typed stories by Carolyn Swift as part of the Fortycoats book series. File includes handwritten page of notes by Swift, and also letters between Swift and Fran Dempsey, publisher of Kilnadore Books, and also the actor who played the character of Fortycoats. The letters discuss writing and publication of the Fortycoats books and stories, and also royalties paid to Swift (1988 - 1989).

Stories written by Swift for Fortycoats and included in this file as follows:
Fortycoats, the Witch and the Giant
Fortycoats Turns Matchmaker
So Far So Good And The Magic Hat
Slightly And The Round Tower
Slightly's Ghost
The Judgement of Fortycoats
Fortycoats To The Rescue
Slightly And The Girl In the Window
The Giant And The Witch (Note: Possibly an earlier story by Swift?)
Fortycoats and the Bag of Gold
Slightly And The Circus Donkey
Slightly And The Indian Rope Trick
Fortycoats And The Flying Banquet
Slightly And The Vikings
Slightly and The Magic Tune
Fortycoats Flies Solo
Fortycoats Solves The Riddle of The Sphinx
Slightly Meets The Royal Astronomer

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      12/05/2025
      02/07/2025

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