School: Drong
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs. Mc Brady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 285
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- Many people believe that forts are inhabited by strange, mystic beings called fairies or brownies, and some queer stories are told about them, The following is one:-
about twenty years ago a man named John Martin who resided in the townland of Lisboduff, near a fort of the same name, decided to build a new house, and in order to have it in an elevated position he laid the foundations in the centre of the fort.
He employed a couple of men and soon he had it ready for roofing. But the stones and mortar, were lying on the ground, and there was not a trace of the building to be seen. He was very frightened and he did not attempt to rebuild it on the fort.
- Collector
- Mary Ellen Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Brides
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
