Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 2)
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0282
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- There are several old Raths around Galbally. These ould raths were supposed to be fairy homes, whether it is true or not I dont know. There is a big rath in Barmoney; and long ago the old people said that the fairies used be seen dancing and feasting there and they all having very bright lights.
Long ago the fairies used to take people away, and they used to make them very happy with themselves. When people got married the fairies used often try and steal the wife but they were often béat on it too.
The old people used to say that one should never meddle with a rath. It was said that a farmer tried to level off the Rath in Barmoney, and make land out of it, but every time he went to dig it or level it it would be the same as every next morning.
There was another man who tried to plough up a rath near Galbally, and the plough broke in bits and the horses took fright and ran away. The man went home and he was never the same after; and he died in a very short time. None of the people around here would like to meddle with a rath.
