School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)bring me back my bush." He did so and the strange man was never seen again.
- There is a Fairy Fort called Dooley's ratheen in Muckanagh. There is a fence of bushes and a deep trench around it. It is said that the fairies go from Dooley's ratheen to Crocan Ruad which means a hill of sand.One night when Michael Connaughton was going home from rambling he heard a lot of horses coming towdards him he sat down under a ditch and the horses leaped across him.
- Collector
- Billy Foxe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Pat Dooley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70