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School: Gurteen, Ballymahon

Location:
Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 129

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    out and asked him "what he was listening to. He said he wasn't listening. The fairies came out and brought him in and he had to tell what he was listening to. As he was coming out from the fort the wind changed from the North to the South and he became an idiot.
    If a person was listening outside a house or anywhere else and the wind to change from one point to another the person would become an idiot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Coughlan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Daroge, Co. Longford