School: Gleann Fleisge
- Location:
- Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 716
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- Long ago there was a field and in the middle of this field was a very big fort said to be inhabited by the "good old people" of long ago. It was belong to a farmer that had a lot of land.
One day he came to clear all the big bushes and stones out of the fort and to prepare it for a crop which was potatoes for the first time a crop was ever put in it. After a few days the farmer had set the potatoes. One evening late the farmer came to see his crop and it was getting dark. He walked through the field and when he came to the place where the fort was he heard all the noise inside and all the big bushes and stones there the same as before. There was no such thing as a potatoe growing there. He stood for awhile and listened to the noise and then heard all the singing by them and he said to himself that it was fairies that was there. He went home(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rodger O Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Killaha, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs M. D. O Donoghue
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Killaha, Co. Kerry
