School: Enfield (roll number 8194)
- Location:
- Innfield, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Edward Farrell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 268
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- (continued from previous page)There are no stories about any of the forts I have mentioned only the one in Rathrone. Some people say fairies built them and others say Dedannans.
The fairies have lived in a good many of them. There was a large brown hare around Rathrone one time. Several men tried to snare her but never could. Several people also tried to hunt her but they never could get near her. She was always too quick for them. She was supposed to be a bad fairy.
There was once a farmer who tried to plough the fort but when the horses came to the top of the fort, they stopped and frothed at the mouth and would not go any farther. When he saw that he was not succeeding, he tried again and again with different pairs of horses each time but they died one after the other. After some years he himself died, not from old age but from a terrible disease received from his unsuccessful work. The fairies used play music(continues on next page)
- Collector
- M. Mc Cormack
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Newcastle, Co. Meath
- Informant
- John Shiels
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Innfield, Co. Meath
