School: Cratloe (C.)
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- Cratloe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire Ní Shitric
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- A spot in Brickhill is known as the 'Fairy Building'. At one time people thought of building a house on this spot . They worked hard for many days. But each morning their work was destroyed. The older inhabitants told them it was a Fairy Pass. They kept working day and night for a week, and built the walls of the house, but each time they tried to roof it a storm came and blew down the foundation. They had to leave it undone and a few stones only now remain it is known as the Fairy Building.
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- Collector
- Miss M. Setrite
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Informant
- Soloman O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Cratloe, Co. Clare
- This is an old graveyard in Cratloe. It means ‘Johns Cross” one night an old man met a crowd of fairies carrying(continues on next page)