School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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- About quater of a mile from Porterstown road there is a field called the Moat field in the centre of which is a Moat It is surrounded by bushes and it is supposed to be the home of the faries.
There was an old man who passed the Moat used to say that if he passed at twelve o'clock the faries caught him and rode him round the moate until daybreak - Nearby there is a hill called Silver Hill supposed to be the home of the Leprechaun and the old people used to try catch him for his crock of Silver and that is how the place got its(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patty Clarke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sandpits, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr Clarke
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sandpits, Co. Dublin