School: Bansha (B.) (roll number 11964)

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1. Story of a Well (continued)

   

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   with people every Sunday during the Summer months. The well is still kept in good condition and is looked after by a man who lives near it.

   

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2. Story of a Fort

   

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   A fort is situated in Cordangan about two miles from the town of Tipperary. People say it is a ghostly place. If people were crossing there late at night they would see crowds of fairies playing there. One day, a woman went to the fort to pick sticks. She gathered them and then came home. She had not gone far when she reached a ditch. She stopped there and threw the sticks over the ditch. Then she got up on the ditch herself and when she was at the top of it the sticks were thrown back to the other side again. She got down off the ditch again to throw them back again but each time she did so they were thrown back to her again. She continued to do it for three successive times but in the end she was

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   John O' Dwyer

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cloonfinglass, Co. Tipperary