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School: Drumacruttan (roll number 10282)

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Drumacruttan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Rreard A. Maclyam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 219

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    There are Fairy forts in the destrict the name of one is Lisnaraw and another in Corcagham. I heard Paddy Madden saying that they would have a dance at a cross road and they would have any one passing by them in to dance along with them and they would nearly kill them dancing. they are not fenced. The danes are suppossed to have built them. The owners of the land did not interfere with them when ploughing or planting crops. There are stories attached to them they would go to neighbour houses and they would borrow some tea or sugar or bread and if they would not give it to them they would do some-thing on them and if they would give it to them they would give them something.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Evelyn Pollock
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Feragh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr Paddy Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Corcaghan, Co. Monaghan