School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 216
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- (continued from previous page)Liscomiskey living in Americ and a few nights she dreamt there was money in the fort. She came home and told her brother, and both started to dig for it, but they soon had to give up the attempt.
Another story is told about Black Raw fort. In a field under the fort, there was the finest crop of potatoes in the parish growing one year. Six men started to dig the potates one day. They had a good lot dug at dinner time - more than they'd dig now. They went over to the ditch to eat their dinner, when all of a sudden, women wearing cloaks and hoods? were seen coming out of the fort,
They came and started picking the potatoes into their(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Packie Mc Carvill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Peter Deighan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
