School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)
- Location:
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Ester Jackson
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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. - There is a fort in my Uncle's land; it is round in shape.
It is called a fort. Any other fort is not in view of it. It is all blackthorn trees that are around it. It is a big fort. You can go in at any side because there is an opening between every tree. People say that if you interfere with a fort you will have bad luck.
I heard a story of a man that took a stone out of a fort, and his cows began to die. He was talking to another man one day, and he told him to put back the stone again, so he did and no more of his cows died.
Nobody ever interferes with a fort because they would have bad luck. Nothing strange was ever seen in my Uncle's fort. Badgers make their burrows in the fort.
