School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)
- Location:
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Ester Jackson
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- (continued from previous page)around he found that he couldn't find his way out. The place seemed to get bigger and bigger, and he couldn't get to the end of it.
After some hours he got out of the fort, but then he got lost in the fields surrounding it, and couldn't find the road Search as he would.he could find nothing but fields all round.
Not till it was getting bright in the morning did he find his way home.If anybody planted anything in this fort it would be waste of time for nothing would grow.A girl went through the fort on her way to the well. On her way home she was caught and held by the fairies and she lost her bucket.A foal born in the fort suddenly disappeared, but after a time came back again. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Joan Graves
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballintemple, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Robert Graves
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballintemple, Co. Tipperary