School: Lloyd (Scoil Laoide) (roll number 15987)
- Location:
- Toberdan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Choibián
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0266, Page 265
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- Fairy forts are a common feature on the Irish countryside, and our school district has its supply of them too, some are circular in shape, and some are three cornered, but all are surrounded with bushes, and generally supposed to be the abode of fairies and Goblins who live underground.
One fort near my home is Mac's fort. It is a circular mound, surrounded with furze and has never been ploughed, for people believe that if they plough up a fort or interfere with it in any way, the fairies will have their revenge and none like to woke the wrath of the "Good People" to be sure.
This fort is famous for the fact that people generally go astray when passing by it after night-fall. Near the fort too is an old quarry where stones were quarried in former times(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bea Boyd
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toberdan, Co. Roscommon
