School: Árd Caorthainn (roll number 15217)
- Location:
- Ardkeeran, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 228
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- (continued from previous page)is cut off a fort.
There is a fort at Tawnagh which was surrounded by shrubs. One day some boys went to get walking sticks from it. When they came to the spot they heard a rush of wind blow and they ran for their lives.
There is a fort on Mr Nangle's land with some white thorn bushes surrounding it. A man named Flynn cut a bush off the fort in the middle of the day to stop the cows from coming out.
That evening when he was coming out by the place where he cut the bush one of the cows stopped and lost her milk, and continued to lose it every evening until she was sold.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Chris Taheny
- Gender
- Male
