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School: Urlár

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 319

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    the cows come home we will have milk."
    After that every evening the milk used be spilled there by the servant. There is a lot of people buried there. The head man of the district is buried there.
    There is also a fort in Clonrow and all the unbaptised children are buried there. The owner of the land at present is James Grennan of Orlar. One day when he was hunting a hare disappeared in the fort. There is a hawthorn tree in the middle of the fort and the grass never grew around the tree.
    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
    James Grennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Urlaur, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John C. Higgins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Urlaur, Co. Mayo