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School: Cavangarden (roll number 16511)

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Cavangarden, Co. Donegal
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Rebecca C. R. Mitchell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 36

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    fort is.
    Her father, Mr. Willie Clarke, was went down through this hole in the cave; he threw out some large stones so that he could get through. When he was coming out he could hear music in the cave.
    Fairy people were supposed to live in this cave. There is supposed to be a fort in this cave at night. Mr. Moore, the father of Bennie Moore, […] pupil of Cavangarden School – Lurgan, Cavangarden, saw fairies dancing round this large stone.
    [Frank Hammond, Lougheske, Co. Donegal, cut a fairy bush for a roost for hens and next morning the hens were all dead.]
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jeanie Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cavangarden, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Willie Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cavangarden, Co. Donegal