School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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   taught the people their prayers and they used write with quills. He stayed about a month in each district and he got paid every three months. He got lodgings from the people in turn.

   Brigid Fitzgerald, Clorane, Kildimo, Co. Limerick.
   From James Fitzgerald, Clorane, Kildimo, Co. Limerick. (84 yrs)

   

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2. A Fort

   

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   A Fort. There are not many forts in my school district but there is one about three miles from it called the Devil's fort. The story is told of many children who went picking sticks. The oldest of them was called Mary Carroll. As they were about to come home one of them saw a very peculiar

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Allen

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Adare, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   George Allen

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   45

   Address

   Adare, Co. Limerick