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School: Mullingar (Pres. Convent) (roll number 934)

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Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sr. Colmcille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0735, Page 156

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    back they said he would have that when he would not dance.
    2. A man named Keernan was going home from a fair. He was met with fairies & fell asleep they lifted him up upon a two storied house & left him there. This man weighed 16 stone. Next morning his people were looking for him & they got him laying on the top of the house. They had to get a ladder to get him down before he wakened for he was on the edge of the house and if wakened he would have falling on & he would have been
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullingar, Co. Westmeath