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School: Murher (C.) (roll number 13541)

Location:
Murher, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 304

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    “In my grandmother's land in Gurtaglanna there is a fort.”

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    come out if they were inside. Nobody came out. A short time afterwards he went into the fort picking nuts. He climbed the tree to get at the nuts on the top branches. He got entangled in the branches, and only for a passer-by luckily coming on the scene, he would have been hanged from the branches, as he was unable to release himself. This was the fairies' revenge for what he had said.
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    “Down near the fort in Ballylongford there was a boy hunting.”

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Brosnan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Babie Stack
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Newtownsandes, Co. Kerry