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School: Páirc na gCrann (roll number 16042)

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Woodfield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0111, Page 29

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    he threw the cow 'spansel' - that was the rope with which she was tied, on the way leading to the fort that he would recover the cow again. He did so and the cow came back again to the owner. The people who had eaten her flesh got a very great sickness for a long period of time.
    The Danes were supposed to have built these forts as an underground fortification in the olden times. Fairy people are supposed to inhabit them since the Danish Invasion. The forts in the district is also the dwelling place of cats and other animals that resembles cats. Lights are seen occasionally in and around the forts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Nic Aodhagáin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cloghvoley, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Lavin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cloghvoley, Co. Mayo