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School: Coillte Craobhacha, Baile na Muc (roll number 15108)

Location:
Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ss. Mac Cionáith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0759, Page 010

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    and one of the trees were in his way and he cut it down. next morning, when he went back the tree was planted back again.
    Mick Devine was going to a fair in Longford.The fairies were singing and dancing. They invited him in for a feast. He went in and had a feast but when he came back home his horse was dead in the stable. There was a plumb tree growing in growing in Terry Smyth's Fort and it was called the "fairies fruit tree". There was a cat in charge of it and it was said that when
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    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
    Brighid Nic an Bháird
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford