School: Robertson (roll number 13372)
- Location:
- Ballintra, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Somhairle Mac Ádhaimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 114
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- There is a fairy fort near upper Bridgetown and one morning when a man was passing it on horseback they lifted him off the horse and let him fall on the ground. Most of the fairies dance around sciog bushes. A man named Clarke was digging around a fort on top of his hill and he found a pipe through the fort which the fairies went into, and there was a fishing rod and a chain in it. When people are in a field or bog fairies after take them away to their home and play music and dance. Then they would take them away to all the forts in the earth. Then they would bring them home again. On the last day of April some of the Irish people throw(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Arthur Goodwin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bridgetown, Co. Donegal
