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School: Gurteen, Ballymahon

Location:
Goirtín an Chláirín, Co. an Longfoirt
Teacher:
F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 133

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    There is a fort in Mrs Parker's field in Dernagolia. It is on a high hill in a corner of a field. There is a high mound of earth round it. There are very few that will cut a bush in this fort There is a meeting of cats a couple of times a year & all the cats are supposed to be around it. No one is allowed to cut a bush or something will happen to them. No one is supposed to plough inside the mound that is around it. In some forts there is money hidden & anyone that dreams of it three nights is supposed to get it but there is a fairy watching it and it is very seldom that anyone ever gets the money.
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    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. áiteanna osnádúrtha agus spioradálta (~158)
        1. ráthanna (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doire na gCailleach, Co. an Longfoirt
    Informant
    Mr Kenny
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Doire na gCailleach, Co. an Longfoirt