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School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)

Location:
Bantry, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dr. Mac Carrthaigh
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    into a hole about nine feet deep. After a great struggle he got them out again and he continued his work and afterwards set crops on the field.
    When the crops grew on the field and, when he began to give them to his cattle, every morning one of the best cows he had used to drop dead in the yard. Every cow he had for a long time after went bad on him. But when the grass grew on the field and it became the same as before all the distruction stopped and the poor man grew up in means one more.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Diarmuid Ó Cruimín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clashduff, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr M. Cremin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clashduff, Co. Cork