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School: Urlár

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Urlaur, Co. Mayo
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Seán de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 341

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    There is a fort in Tavrane and one of the O Gradys owned the land that the fort is in. O Grady had a servant girl and she used to milk the cows near the fort every-day. One day when she was milking them she heard a voice underneath and the voice said "don't be crying the cows will be milked soon." When she had one of the cows milked the cow kicked the bucket and spilt the milk. The girl went home and she told her master what she had seen and how the cow kicked the bucket and spilt the milk. Old O Grady went to the fort and said solemnly. "Ye can have the cows milk every day and my blessing." After that anything O Grady left his hands on changed into gold. It is a good thing to be kind to the good people. There is a story told about
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghadiffin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Cafferky
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghadiffin, Co. Mayo