School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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- (continued from previous page)There is a tradition that the cattle belonging to the person who labours a fort, will die and the crop will be a failure.
The old people say that on certain nights of the year lights used to be seen on this fort and that the fairies went to an adjoining meadow to play football and that they would have green jackets and red caps and blue trousers on them.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Matt Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Taobh na nEas, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- John Higgins
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 67
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Taobh na nEas, Co. an Chabháin