School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)
- Location:
- Adare, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Mechtildes
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- A Fort.There are may forts around my district but there is not much said about them except one. It is not very far away from my home. There once lived a man who had a small farm and he had this fort in the middle of it and he thought it hard to see a square inch of ground go to loss. Whenever he passed by the fort he used to think of how much potatoes might be grown within the circle. He never told this to his wife. One day he went and dug all the trees. When he came in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Hanly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcurly, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs M. Hanley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Kilcurly, Co. Limerick
