School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)
- Location:
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 409
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- (continued from previous page)They lived under the tree. One night William’s father was going past the field and he heard great singing and dancing and music. He listened for a moment. Then he went on. The next day he said he would cut down the tree. So he set off to cut the tree. When he hit the tree a couple of times a terrible pain went through his heart and he fainted. When he came back to life he said he saw a bad looking man flash across his closing eyes. He died a few days after this happened.
- There are many forts in Ireland. There is a fort on Sturdy’s hill and there is a fort on Dennis Doherty’s hill, there is a fort on Dixon’s hill. The people say in the time of the war that the Danes built them. I was on Dixon’s hill. The fort is a clay ditch built(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Willie Mc Crea
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
