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School: Corra Cluana (roll number 14054)

Location:
Corracloona, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Caomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 399

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  1. Story (continued)

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    them. I fear them." "I have nothing to tie them with" said the prince. "Here" said the hag, giving him three hairs from her head. The prince threw the three hairs in the fire, and came back. As he did the hag lifted her wand and the prince cried "Hounds, hounds, come and help me." The hag cried "Hairs hairs tie tighter." "We can't" said they "we are burning in the fire. So the prince took the wand and turned her into a stone. He then turned his friend back from a stone and they all went home happy.
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  2. Mass Missers

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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lena Keany
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Laghty Barr, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thomas Keany
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Laghty Barr, Co. Leitrim

  3. Fairy Forts

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    There is a fairy fort in Glenfarne. The old people in this district said that when visiting a house near it, they heard the fairies lifting the latch of the door and laughing.
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