School: Cill Cheallaigh (C.)
- Location:
- Kilkelly, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne de Buitléir
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- I live in Lisusker. Lisusker means the fort of the ridge. The fort is still there and the land around it is high and level. Fairies lived in it long ago and all the people of Lisusker lived in one field. Each family had one or two ridges of potatoes. One day the people were sowing their potatoes when they saw a man on a white horse coming towards them. The horse ran through the potatoes and destroyed them. The people asked him why he did this but he did not answer them. The became very angry and followed him. When he came to the fort he went into the cave(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Brett
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tom Brett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Liscosker, Co. Mayo